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Primo Basílio

2007 · 106 min

A slow, elegant descent into desire and consequence, watching a dreamy woman's romantic illusion curdle into dread and regret.

Directed by: Daniel Filho
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Débora Falabella, Fábio Assunção, Glória Pires

Overview: Luísa is a romantic, dreamy and delicate young woman married to Jorge, an engineer, a man of good habits and good economic conditions. They didn't know each other well, but got married and Luísa was a good wife, "she was clean and happy as a bird". Everything get changed when she meets a childhood love, her cousin Basílio. What seemed to be a great adventure will became a nightmare and Luísa will discover the price of her infidelity.

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Directed by: Daniel Filho
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Débora Falabella, Fábio Assunção, Glória Pires

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
love
guilt
class
morality
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Daniel Filho
Written by: Euclydes Marinho
Starring: Débora Falabella, Fábio Assunção, Glória Pires, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Simone Spoladore, Zezeh Barbosa, Laura Cardoso, Nilton Bicudo
Cinematography: Nonato Estrela
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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