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Party

1989 · 87 min

A patient, wry chamber piece where waiting becomes the whole show, quietly funny and faintly sad as dignity erodes in a lobby{.

Directed by: Ugo Giorgetti
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Antônio Abujamra, Adriano Stuart, Jorge Mautner

Overview: A harmonicist, a pool player, and his old assistant get invited as entertainers at a fancy dinner party but have to wait in the lobby for what seems like forever. They witness all sorts of absurdities as the party goes on and guests loosen up.

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Directed by: Ugo Giorgetti
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Antônio Abujamra, Adriano Stuart, Jorge Mautner

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: class
isolation
work
power
identity
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Ugo Giorgetti
Written by: Ugo Giorgetti
Starring: Antônio Abujamra, Adriano Stuart, Jorge Mautner, Otávio Augusto, Iara Jamra, Marcelo Mansfield , Ary França, Ney Latorraca
Music: Decio Cascapera Filho, Mauro Giorgetti
Cinematography: Rodolfo Sánchez
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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