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Gabriela

1983 · 99 min

Sun-drenched, sensual and gently comic, it drifts along like a warm coastal afternoon, savoring desire and small-town gossip.

Directed by
Bruno Barreto
Genres
Drama, Romance
Overview
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.

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Directed by
Bruno Barreto
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • class
  • gender
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Bruno Barreto
Written by
Bruno Barreto, Flávio R. Tambellini, Leopoldo Serran
Starring
Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart, Tania Boscoli, Nicole Puzzi, Flávio Galvão, Ricardo Petraglia
Music
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Cinematography
Carlo Di Palma
Runtime
99 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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