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Durval Discos

2002 · 93 min

A wry, music-soaked hangout that slowly curdles into unease, like flipping a beloved record to its darker B side.

Directed by
Anna Muylaert
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Starring
Ary França, Etty Fraser, Isabela Guasco
Tagline
Everything in life has an A side and a B side
Overview
Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of a record store they own in São Paulo specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that change the whole situation.

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Directed by
Anna Muylaert
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Starring
Ary França, Etty Fraser, Isabela Guasco
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • deception
  • music
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy, music, thriller
Directed by
Anna Muylaert
Written by
Anna Muylaert
Starring
Ary França, Etty Fraser, Isabela Guasco, Marisa Orth, Letícia Sabatella, Tania Bondezan, Rita Lee, André Abujamra
Music
André Abujamra
Cinematography
Jacob Solitrenick
Runtime
93 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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