A Intrusa

A Intrusa
Directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen
Produced by Carlos Hugo Christensen
Screenplay by Carlos Hugo Christensen
Ubirajara Raffo Constant
Orígenes Lessa
Based on "La intrusa"
by Jorge Luis Borges
Music by Astor Piazzolla
Cinematography Antônio Gonçalves
Edited by Jayme Justo
Production
company
Carlos Hugo Christensen Produções Cinematográficas
Distributed by Embrafilme
Release date
  • December 29, 1979 (1979-12-29)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese

A Intrusa is a 1979 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen, based on the short story "La intrusa" by Jorge Luis Borges. The film is about the parallel lives of two gaucho brothers with Danish ancestry. It was shot in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul.[1]

Cast

  • José de Abreu as Christian
  • Arlindo Barreto as Eduardo
  • Maria Zilda Bethlem as Juliana
  • Palmira Barbosa as Efigênia
  • Fernando de Almeida as João Iberra
  • Ricardo Marnick
  • Mauricio Loyola
  • Heloísa Gadel
  • Nelson Pinto Bastos
  • Hermes Lago

Reception

At the 1980 Gramado Film Festival the film won four Golden Kikito awards, including Best Director, Best Actor (José de Abreu), Best Cinematography (Antônio Gonçalves) and Best Music (Astor Piazzolla), and was also nominated for Best Film.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "A Intrusa" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Festival de Gramado – Premiados" (in Portuguese). Gramado Film Festival. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2014.


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