December (2008 film)

December
Directed by Selton Mello
Produced by Vânia Catani
Written by Selton Mello
Marcelo Vindicato
Starring Leonardo Medeiros
Darlene Glória
Graziella Moretto
Paulo Guarnieri
Lúcio Mauro
Music by George Saldanha
Cinematography Lula Carvalho
Edited by Selton Mello
Marilia Moraes
Production
company
Bananeira Filmes
Mondo Cane Filmes
Release date
  • 21 October 2008 (2008-10-21)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Budget R$2.4 million[1]
Box office R$197,197[2]

December (Portuguese: Feliz Natal) is a 2008 Brazilian drama film and directoral debut of Selton Mello. Shot in Rio de Janeiro,[3] it stars Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Graziella Moretto, Paulo Guarnieri, and Lúcio Mauro.

Plot

Caio (Leonardo Medeiros) travels to his hometown to visit his family on Christmas Eve. At the reunion, he must deal with past memories.

From start, the film exposes a structural functioning: it is an example of a "performance cinema".[4]

Cast

  • Leonardo Medeiros as Caio
  • Darlene Glória as Mérci
  • Graziella Moretto as Fabiana
  • Paulo Guarnieri as Theo
  • Lúcio Mauro as Miguel
  • Fabricio Reis as Bruno
  • Thelmo Fernandes as Neto
  • Cláudio Mendes as Thales
  • Daniel Torres as Vitor
  • Rose Abdallah as Célia
  • Lucas Guarnieri as Thiago
  • Liz Maggini Seraphin as Bia
  • Hossein Minussi as Alex
  • Emiliano Queiroz as Zé do Caixão
  • Nathalia Dill as Marília

References

  1. ↑ "Selton Mello "nasce" melancólico". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ator precoce, Selton Mello vira diretor maduro". Folha de S.Paulo. Grupo Folha. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Valente, Eduardo (October 2008). "Feliz Natal, de Selton Mello (Brasil, 2008)". Revista Cinética (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2012.


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