Little Secret

"A love bigger than life"

2016 1h 47m PT

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 7

Drama

Synopsis

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Little Secret is a film with three interlocked stories all connected by a single secret that converge to reveal the tragic yet beautiful lives of three families and how hope, dreams and destiny can unite people from very different parts of the world.

“A love bigger than life”

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Cast

Fionnula Flanagan
Barbara
Maria Flor
Jeanne
Erroll Shand
Robert
Júlia Lemmertz
Heloísa Schurmann
Marcello Antony
Vilfredo Schurmann
Michael Wade
Will
Ryan James
Mariana V. Goulart
Kat

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Schurmann
Writers: Victor Atherino, Eliane Carneiro Ribeiro, Gabriela Tocchio
Languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: Brazil

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Schurmann, shot by Inti Briones. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Antonio Pinto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Gustavo Giani shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Fionnula Flanagan and Maria Flor and Erroll Shand carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A love bigger than life".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1352393 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Schurmann directs. Inti Briones behind the camera. Antonio Pinto scores. Gustavo Giani cuts. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
3Directed by David Schurmann, shot by Inti Briones. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Antonio Pinto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Gustavo Giani shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Fionnula Flanagan and Maria Flor and Erroll Shand carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A love bigger than life".
8IMDB entry: tt1352393 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "affectation", "biography", "depressed", "depressing".