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Ao Sul do Meu Corpo

1982 · 100 min

A slow, moody period drama of intellectual circles and a tense, passionate affair, with a melancholic air.

Tagline
There's never been a love triangle like this
Overview
São Paulo, late 30's. Alberto is an intellectual and professor who announces to his friend and pupil Polidoro he won a scholarship to study in Paris. In Paris Polidoro receives a letter in which Alberto announces that he married Helena. Polidoro returns to Brazil in 1945, when there was a strong political agitation against the New State. Alberto invites Polidoro to spend a few days at his home in Campos do Jordão. After reaching the site he is told by Helena that Alberto was forced to travel urgently. She insists he should stay there until the return of her husband and, while waiting, she seduces him. Then, after several days of intense passion, she orders Polidoro to go away and never see her again.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • politics
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Paulo César Saraceni
Written by
Paulo César Saraceni
Starring
Nuno Leal Maia, Paulo César Peréio, Othon Bastos, Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva, Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes, Cida Moreira, Oswaldo da Palma, Cissa Guimarães
Cinematography
Marco Bottino, Aloysio Raulino
Runtime
100 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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