
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Genres
Overview
A projectionist at a porn cinema in downtown São Paulo, makes his first film in Super8, an essay about the failure of a lifetime. The scenes from the films you watched intersect with the new images they capture, fiction and reality blending together, weaving a bridge between the past and the present.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
70 min
Release Date
2020-01-31
Status
Released
Original Language
Portuguese
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
André Gatti
Maíra de Aviz
Helena Ignez
Jean-Claude Bernardet
Mario Bortolotto
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7.2
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6.2
Service
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2008-06-24 | tl
0.0
SEUL
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7.1
Small Change
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7.8
Day for Night
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7.4
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7.1
Solino
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6.7
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2009-07-01 | en
8.2
Inglourious Basterds
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2009-08-02 | en
5.0
Swedish Beauty
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7.3
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7.0
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6.1
I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive
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2009-09-30 | fr
7.1
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7.8
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6.8
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6.5
The Death of Don Quixote
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6.3
Age of Bloom
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7.5
Cinemawala
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2016-05-13 | bn