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From Beginning to End

2009 · 96 min

A tender, sunlit slow burn that lingers on longing and forbidden intimacy, asking you to sit quietly with complicated feelings.

Directed by
Aluizio Abranches
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Rafael Cardoso, João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Júlia Lemmertz
Overview
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.

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Directed by
Aluizio Abranches
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Rafael Cardoso, João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Júlia Lemmertz
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
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