Hour of the Star (1985)
Hour of the Star (1985)
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Plot.
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
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Cast & Crew.
Marcélia Cartaxo
Macabéa
José Dumont
Olímpico de Jesus
Tamara Taxman
Glória
Fernanda Montenegro
Madame Carlota
Umberto Magnani
Seu Raimundo
Denoy de Oliveira
Pereira
Lizette Negreiros
Maria
Sônia Guedes
Joana
Carlos Cambraia
Cleide Queiroz
Cleide Eunice Queiroz
Actress
Ednaldo Freire
Maria do Carmo Soares
Maria do Carmo
Marcus Vinícius
Composer
Dirce Militello
Glória's Mother
Rubens Rollo
Glória's Father
Roney Facchini
Party Guest
Walter Paulo Filho
Man in Mercedes
Euricio Martins
Subway Guard
Miro Martinez
Blind Man
Manoel Luiz Aranha
Photographer
Suzana Amaral
Director / Associate Producer / Screenplay
Assunção Hernandes
Producer / Executive Producer
Marcus Vinicius
Original Music Composer
Tide Borges
Sound Recordist
Clovis Bueno
Costume Design / Production Design
Plínio Costa
Associate Producer
Nadya Abreu Amaral
Associate Producer
Marco A. Rezende
Associate Producer
Esther Soares
Associate Producer
José Luiz Sasso
Sound Mixer
Sylvia Bahiense
Assistant Director
Alfredo Oroz
Screenplay
Maria Antonia Lombardi
Makeup Artist
Clarice Lispector
Original Story
Idê Lacreta
Editor
Edgar Moura
Director of Photography
Marli Bortoletto
Ursula Grozca Marcondes
Nilton Borges
Magali Biff
Elza Gonçalves
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 25, 1985
Original NameA Hora da Estrela
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Filming LocationsRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
woman director
based on novel or book
fortune teller
subway
radio
typewriter
Wiki.
Hour of the Star (Portuguese: A Hora da Estrela) is a Brazilian film directed by Suzana Amaral and released in 1985. The film is an adaptation of Clarice Lispector novel of the same name. It follows Macabea (Marcélia Cartaxo), an impoverished orphan teenager girl living in Rio de Janeiro.
The film had its international premiere at the main competition of the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where Marcélia Cartaxo won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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