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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story

2008 · 113 min

A wry, slyly structured fable that seduces you with food and charm before revealing its darker, hungrier appetites.

Tagline
An adult fable on power, sex and cooking
Overview
In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • power
  • class
  • obsession
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • prison
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy, mystery, crime
Directed by
Marcos Jorge
Written by
Marcos Jorge, Fabrizio Donvito, Cláudia da Natividade, Lusa Silvestre
Starring
João Miguel, Fabiula Nascimento, Babu Santana, Carlo Briani, Zeca Cenovicz, Marco Zenni, Marcel Szymanski, Sidy Correa
Cinematography
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Runtime
113 min
Country
Brazil, Italy
Languages
Portuguese

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