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O Amanuense e os Grafômanos

2003 · 54 min

A quiet, affectionate portrait of writers and their world, best for those curious about literary lives.

Overview
A documentary about the life and work of the writer Cyro dos Anjos and his literature fellows Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Pedro Nava, Abgar Renault, João Alphonsus and Emílio Moura.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • friendship
  • memory
  • identity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Cristiano Abud, Armando Mendz
Written by
Cristiano Abud
Starring
Cyro dos Anjos, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Pedro Nava, Abgar Renault, João Alphonsus, Emílio Moura, Affonso Romano de Santanna, Alaíde Lisboa
Cinematography
Armando Mendz
Runtime
54 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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