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The Book of Delights

2022 · 99 min

A slow, introspective plunge into loneliness and desire, where sharp dialogue and quiet moments unsettle as much as they illuminate.

Directed by
Marcela Lordy
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Simone Spoladore, Javier Drolas, Felipe Rocha
Overview
The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.

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Directed by
Marcela Lordy
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Simone Spoladore, Javier Drolas, Felipe Rocha
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 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
  • loneliness
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • gender
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
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
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Marcela Lordy
Written by
Marcela Lordy, Josefina Trotta
Starring
Simone Spoladore, Javier Drolas, Felipe Rocha, Gabriel Stauffer, Martha Nowill, Ana Carbatti, Leandra Leal, Theo Almeida
Music
Edson Secco
Cinematography
Mauro Pinheiro Jr.
Runtime
99 min
Country
Argentina, Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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