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

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

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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