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Angela

1951 · 95 min

A somber, slow-burning melodrama of ruin and fragile hope, played with earnest restraint and quiet desperation.

Overview
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • betrayal
    • family
    • class
    • survival
    Places
    • small town
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Tom Payne, Abilio Pereira de Almeida
    Written by
    Nery Dutra, Alberto Cavalcanti, Anibal Machado
    Starring
    Eliane Lage, Alberto Ruschel, Mário Sérgio, Abilio Pereira de Almeida, Inezita Barroso, Ruth de Souza, Luciano Salce, Nair Lopes
    Music
    Francisco Mignone
    Cinematography
    H.E. Fowle
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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