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Where I Grow Old

2017 · 99 min

A quiet, drifting hangout in an unglamorous city, watching two women circle each other and slowly belong.

Directed by: Marília Rocha
Genres: Drama
Starring: Elizabete Francisca, Francisca Manuel, Paulo Nazareth

Overview: Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving portrait of two counterparts, attracting and repelling, is also an ode to Belo Horizonte: a city with no tourist attractions, but bags of atmosphere and lust for life.

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Directed by: Marília Rocha
Genres: Drama
Starring: Elizabete Francisca, Francisca Manuel, Paulo Nazareth

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 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: identity
friendship
isolation
immigration
loneliness
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
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Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Marília Rocha
Written by: Marília Rocha, João Dumans, Thais Fujinaga
Starring: Elizabete Francisca, Francisca Manuel, Paulo Nazareth, Wanderson dos Santos, Jonnata Doll
Cinematography: Ivo Lopes Araújo
Runtime: 99 min
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Languages: Portuguese

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