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ERA
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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Gabriela
1983 1h 39m PT
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5.9
MID
★5.9TMDB · 45
DramaRomance
Synopsis
Spoiler shield
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Sonia Braga
Gabriela
Marcello Mastroianni
Nacib
Antonio Cantafora
Tonico Bastos
Paulo Goulart
João Fulgêncio
Tania Boscoli
Glória
Nicole Puzzi
Malvina
Flávio Galvão
Mundinho Falcão
Ricardo Petraglia
Prof. Josué
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Bruno Barreto
- Writers
- Leopoldo Serran, Bruno Barreto, Flávio R. Tambellini
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Bruno Barreto, shot by Carlo Di Palma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
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CAST
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Editor Emmanuelle Castro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
MoodPlayr · trivia#04
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CAST
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Sonia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni and Antonio Cantafora carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0085575 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Bruno Barreto directs. Carlo Di Palma behind the camera. Antônio Carlos Jobim scores. Emmanuelle Castro cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Bruno Barreto, shot by Carlo Di Palma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Emmanuelle Castro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Sonia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni and Antonio Cantafora carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0085575 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 9 themes, including "adultery", "based on novel or book", "romance", "interracial romance".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Carlo Di Palma
- Original score
- Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Editing
- Emmanuelle Castro
- Costume design
- Diana Eichbauer
- Runtime
- 99 min · 1h 39m
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $1,300,000
- Original language
- PT
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Gabriela (1983)
Also by
Bruno Barreto
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- SU
Sultana
United Artists
US
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
Key crew
- NovelJorge Amado
- Music ArrangerOscar Castro-Neves
- EditorEmmanuelle Castro
- ProducerIbrahim Moussa
- ProducerHarold Nebenzal
- Sound EngineerJean-Claude Laureux
- Set DesignerHélio Eichbauer
- Costume DesignDiana Eichbauer
- Editorial CoordinatorGianni Amico
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- romance
- interracial romance
- sex comedy
- 1980s
- sexual discovery
- brazil
- paraty, rio de janeiro, brasil
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1983-05-11R
Also known as
International titles
- Gabriela, Cravo e CanelaBR
- GabrielaBR
