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Possible Loves

2001 · 98 min

A wistful, talky stroll through three versions of one man's romantic life, asking gently which path was real.

Directed by
Sandra Werneck
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Murilo Benício, Carolina Ferraz, Emílio de Mello
Overview
Fifteen year ago, Carlos went to the cinema to meet Júlia, his university colleague with whom he was in love. She never showed up. Carlos was left waiting in the lobby alone. While he waits, something happens which will change his life. A scene, an encounter, an unfinished sentence... Something insignificant, but which will determine the character's life. Fifteen years later, we follow three completely different versions of Carlos's life. In one, he is a man divided between the stability of a secure life in a lukewarm marriage, and the growing desire to live a great love affair. In the second, he is homosexual and places passion above all else. In the third possible life, Carlos is a man who hasn't yet discovered love, and lives through successive disastrous relationships in search of the perfect woman. One of them is his real life. Another is not his life. And a third is the life he'd like to lead. Which is his true life ?

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Directed by
Sandra Werneck
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Murilo Benício, Carolina Ferraz, Emílio de Mello
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • fate
  • memory
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Sandra Werneck
Written by
Paulo Halm, Maya Da-Rin
Starring
Murilo Benício, Carolina Ferraz, Emílio de Mello, Irene Ravache, Beth Goulart, Christine Fernandes, Alberto Szafran, Drica Moraes
Cinematography
Walter Carvalho
Runtime
98 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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