Idolatrada

Idolatrada
Directed byPaulo Augusto Gomes[1][2]
Based on
Starring
Edited byMauro Alice
Music byTavinho Moura[3]
Distributed byEmbrafilme (Brazil)
Release date
  • December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05) (Brazil)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Idolatrada (lit. Worshipped) is a 1983 Brazilian drama film directed by Paulo Augusto Gomes[4][5] with an original screenplay by him and Mario Alves Coutinho.[6][7] The film stars Denise Bandeira[8] and Carmen Silva.[9] It is known in English as The Loved One.[10][11]

Production

The film is the directorial debut of Gomes (born 1949), who also had a career as film critic.[12]

Fiming started in Belo Horizonte in 1981.[9]

Reception

A review in Visão found the film sincere and unpretentious but conceded that the lack of experience of the director showed,[13] while Veja described it as "An intimist film about an intellectual in Minais Gerais who remembers his life on the day of his golden wedding anniversary".[14]

References

  1. ^ Mariana Peixoto (2024-07-24). "Morre o crítico, cineasta e roteirista Paulo Augusto Gomes" [Screenwriter, director and movie critic Paulo Augusto Gomes passes away] (in Portuguese). Estado de Minas.
  2. ^ Mariana Peixoto (2024-07-24). "Morre Paulo Augusto Gomes, o mineiro que dedicou a vida ao cinema" [Paulo Augusto Gomes passes away - he was the Minas Gerais native that dedicated his life to cinema] (in Portuguese). Estado de Minas.
  3. ^ Paulo Augusto Gomes. "A História do Idolatrada" [The storfy of Idolatrada] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  4. ^ "Idolatrada". AdoroCinema. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  5. ^ Cinemais (in Portuguese). Laboratório de Pesquisa e Tecnologia da Imagem da UENF. 2000.
  6. ^ Coutinho, Mário Alves (2015-12-10). A explosão e o suspiro ou um corpo que cai (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Tipografia Musical (Bruno Silva D’Abruzzo ME). ISBN 978-85-68951-02-6.
  7. ^ Nagib, Lúcia (2002). O cinema da retomada: depoimentos de 90 cineastas dos anos 90 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora 34. ISBN 978-85-7326-254-4.
  8. ^ "Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro - Datas". www.mulheresdocinemabrasileiro.com.br. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  9. ^ a b "Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro - Entrevistas Depoimentos". www.mulheresdocinemabrasileiro.com.br. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  10. ^ Hammer, Tad Bentley (1991). International Film Prizes: An Encyclopedia. Garland. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8240-7099-1.
  11. ^ Caderno de crítica (in Brazilian Portuguese). EMBRAFILME. 1986. pp. 37–38.
  12. ^ Varia história (in Brazilian Portuguese). Departamento de História, FAFICH/UFMG. 1997.
  13. ^ Visão (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1985. p. 66.
  14. ^ Veja (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Abril. 1985. p. 34.


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