Naked Star

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ícaro Martins directs. Antonio Meliande behind the camera. Arrigo Barnabé scores. Eder Mazzini cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 3Directed by Ícaro Martins, shot by Antonio Meliande. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Arrigo Barnabé. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Eder Mazzini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Carla Camurati and Cristina Aché and Ricardo Petraglia carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "One voice, two souls.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt0254312 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Antonio Meliande

Original score

Arrigo Barnabé

Editing

Eder Mazzini

Production design

Oswaldo Afonso Mesquita Filho

Costume design

Emilia Duncan

Makeup / hair

Vavá Torres

Runtime

90 min · 1h 30m

Status

Released

Original language

PT

IMDB

Naked Star (1985) ↗

Also by

Ícaro Martins

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• 
  New Wave

  1984 · ★ 5.8
• 
  O Olho Mágico do Amor

  1982 · ★ 5.3
• 
  Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

  2012 · ★ 5.2
• 
  Rock

  1976

Production companies

Who made it

• OL

  Olympus Filme

  BR

Key crew

• Executive ProducerAry Fernandes
• ProducerAdone Fragano
• EditorEder Mazzini
• Production DesignOswaldo Afonso Mesquita Filho
• Costume DesignEmilia Duncan
• Makeup ArtistVavá Torres
• Assistant DirectorPaulo José Correa
• Production DesignRenato Morás
• Costume DesignCláudia Kopke
• Production ManagerGeraldo José Martinho Filho
• Script SupervisorBiba Fonseca
• Foley ArtistBiba Fonseca
• Script SupervisorGraça Marques
• Foley ArtistGraça Marques
• Script SupervisorRuth Slinger
• Foley ArtistRuth Slinger
• Assistant Production DesignRenata Bueno
• Assistant Costume DesignerRuth Olivier
• Assistant EditorMirella Martinelli
• Assistant CameraOdair Guarani
• Production AssistantArnaldo Fernandes
• Production AssistantRicardo Zonari
• Production AssistantFernando Fernandes
• Still PhotographerJosé do Amaral

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• spiritual

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical1985-08-08· São Paulo
• Theatrical1986-06-19· Rio de Janeiro