The Girl Who Killed Her Parents

"The crime that shocked the country."

2021 1h 25m PT

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 259

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Synopsis

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Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

“The crime that shocked the country.”

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Cast

Carla Diaz
Suzane von Richthofen
Leonardo Bittencourt
Daniel Cravinhos
Allan Souza Lima
Cristian Cravinhos
Leonardo Medeiros
Manfred von Richthofen
Vera Zimmermann
Marísia von Richthofen
Augusto Madeira
Astrogildo Cravinhos
Debora Duboc
Nadja Cravinhos
Kauan Ceglio
Andreas von Richthofen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maurício Eça
Writers: Ilana Casoy, Raphael Montes, Raphael Montes
Languages: Portuguese
Countries: Brazil

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "A Menina que Matou os Pais" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maurício Eça, shot by Jacob Solitrenick. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Carla Diaz and Leonardo Bittencourt and Allan Souza Lima carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The crime that shocked the country.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Maurício Eça directs. Jacob Solitrenick behind the camera. Ed Cortês scores. Ricardo Gonçalves cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Part of the "A Menina que Matou os Pais" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Maurício Eça, shot by Jacob Solitrenick. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ed Cortês. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Ricardo Gonçalves shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Carla Diaz and Leonardo Bittencourt and Allan Souza Lima carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The crime that shocked the country.".
9IMDB entry: tt10605812 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jacob Solitrenick
Original score: Ed Cortês
Editing: Ricardo Gonçalves
Makeup / hair: Bruna Nogueira
Sound: Ricardo Reis
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: PT
Certification (US): 16
IMDB: The Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)

Part of

A Menina que Matou os Pais

Two psychological thrillers surrounding the real murders of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen orchestrated by their own daughter, Suzane, along with her boyfriend and brother-in-law, the Cravinhos brothers.

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CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 5/10
This is a story that had huge potential as a drama. A manipulative young woman who loathes her wealthy (and quite possibly corrupt) parents convinces her frankly rather dumb boyfriend and his brother to do away with them. So what went wrong? Well, the acting - for a start. Though easy enough on the eye, nether Suzane (Carla Diaz) nor her gullible and sex/drug obsessed boyfriend Astroglido (Augusto Madeira) have much chemistry together, not are they remotely convincing as the story lurches forward like a walrus stuck in glue. Leonardo Bittencourt is marginally more effective as his equally selfish brother Christian, but it all just takes far, far too long to get going and then when it does - well, it is all over. The pace is certainly not helped by the courtroom scenarios that framework the retrospective style depiction of this true story that shocked Brazil in 2002, nor does the rather staccato dialogue really engage. Pity, but it's really mediocre.

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