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Sentimental Education

2013 · 84 min

A quiet, introspective drama that unfolds slowly, exploring desire and memory with a delicate, melancholic tone.

Directed by: Júlio Bressane
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Josie Antello, Bernardo Marinho, Debora Olivieri

Overview: Sentimental Education centers on the unique relationship between Áurea, a lonely 40 year old teacher, and a young man she has just met by chance – one of these encounters which mythology and literature are full of. A delicate soul who finds itself attracted to a beauty that seems to demand, disturb and move her. That shakes her up entirely. During the days following their first conversation, she will expose all her feelings through classes in which he will let himself be carried away. Until an unusual episode from the past is revealed and changes everything.

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Directed by: Júlio Bressane
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Josie Antello, Bernardo Marinho, Debora Olivieri

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
isolation
obsession
memory
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Júlio Bressane
Written by: Júlio Bressane, Rosa Dias
Starring: Josie Antello, Bernardo Marinho, Debora Olivieri, Gustavo Novaes, Júlio Bressane
Cinematography: Walter Carvalho, Pablo Baião
Runtime: 84 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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