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ERA
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Released 3 years ago.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Aunt Virginia
2023 1h 37m PT
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7.5
BANGER
★7.5TMDB · 11
Drama
Synopsis
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Aunt Virginia is a 70-year-old woman who has no children and has never been married, and ends up being convinced by her sisters, Vanda and Valquíria, to move to another city in order to take care of her parents. Taking place in just one day, the film follows Virginia's preparation to receive the sisters who are coming to her house to celebrate Christmas.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Vera Holtz
Virgínia
Arlete Salles
Vanda
Louise Cardoso
Valquíria
Vera Valdez
Dona Cândida
Antônio Pitanga
Tavares
Daniela Fontan
Ludmila
Iuri Saraiva
Bernardo
Amanda Lyra
Soraia
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Fabio Meira
- Writers
- Fabio Meira
- 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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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Fabio Meira, shot by Leonardo Feliciano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Virginia Flores shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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ERA
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Vera Holtz and Arlete Salles and Louise Cardoso carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt28582081 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Fabio Meira directs. Leonardo Feliciano behind the camera. Virginia Flores cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 3 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Fabio Meira, shot by Leonardo Feliciano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Virginia Flores shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Vera Holtz and Arlete Salles and Louise Cardoso carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt28582081 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Leonardo Feliciano
- Editing
- Virginia Flores
- Costume design
- Rô Nascimento
- Makeup / hair
- Marcos Freire
- Sound
- Rubén Valdés
- Runtime
- 97 min · 1h 37m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- PT
- Certification (US)
- L
Also by
Fabio Meira
Production companies
Who made it
- RO
Roseira Filmes
BR
- KI
Kinossaurus Filmes
BR
Key crew
- Sound DesignerRubén Valdés
- EditorVirginia Flores
- MusicCésar Camargo Mariano
- ProducerFabio Meira
- ProducerJanaína Diniz Guerra
- EditorKaren Akerman
- Art DirectionAna Maria Abreu
- Sound MixerDamião Lopes
- Assistant DirectorClara Linhart
- Production DirectorPaulão Costa
- Executive ProducerCamilo Cavalcanti
- Makeup & HairMarcos Freire
- Associate ProducerThiago Macedo Correia
- Production DirectorChaiana Furtado
- Costume DesignRô Nascimento
- Sound RecordistMarcos Manna
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- psychotic
- ironic
- complex
- dramatic
- tense
- admiring
- audacious
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2023-08-09
- Premiere2023-10-19L· 47ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo / 47th São Paulo Int'l Film Festival
- Theatrical2023-11-0912· Lançamento geral
