Hour of the Star (1985)
Hour of the Star (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
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
Ednaldo Freire
Cleide Eunice Queiroz
Actress
Dirce Militello
Glória's Mother
Marcus Vinícius
Composer
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
Plínio Costa
Associate Producer
Marco A. Rezende
Associate Producer
Nadya Abreu Amaral
Associate Producer
Esther Soares
Associate Producer
Clovis Bueno
Costume Design / Production Design
José Luiz Sasso
Sound Mixer
Alfredo Oroz
Screenplay
Sylvia Bahiense
Assistant Director
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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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 a book by Clarice Lispector with the same name. In 1986, the actress Marcélia Cartaxo won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, for her role as Macabea. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
"Macabea is an example of the mental underdevelopment of the poor people of the world", the director, Amaral, has written. "Facing the solitude of the big city, she possesses the emptiness of someone who does not have the means to be cultured." But surely her case is even more extreme than that. Macabea doesn't even possess the culture of poverty; she is simply an emptiness.