Lucio Flavio (film)

Lucio Flavio
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHéctor Babenco
Written by
  • José Louzeiro
  • Jorge Durán
  • Héctor Babenco
Produced by
  • Carlos Alberto Diniz
  • Sérgio Othero de Freitas
  • Maranhão Torres
  • Sérgio Coelho
StarringReginaldo Faria
CinematographyLauro Escorel
Edited bySílvio Renoldi
Music byJohn Neschling
Production
company
H. B. Filmes
Distributed byEmbrafilme
Release dates
  • November 22, 1977 (1977-11-22) (SPIFF)
  • February 27, 1978 (1978-02-27) (theatrical release)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Lucio Flavio[1] (Portuguese: Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia) is a 1977 Brazilian film directed by Héctor Babenco based on the book of the same name by José Louzeiro, who co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Reginaldo Faria as Lúcio Flávio, a famous bandit in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s.[2] Babenco did not want to limit the story to Lúcio Flávio, and stated it was also a film about Esquadrão da Morte, a death squad from the 1960s.[3]

Cast

Release and reception

It premiered on November 22, 1977 at the 1st São Paulo International Film Festival,[4] where it was elected the Best Film by the audience.[2][3] In February 1978, it won the Best Actor (Faria), Best Supporting Actor (Cândido), Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards at the Gramado Film Festival.[5] The film also entered the Taormina Film Fest,[6] where it won the Best Actor Award.[4] It debuted on the commercial circuit with 100 copies, breaking King Kong's 81, on February 27, 1978.[3][4] As of November 2014, Lucio Flavio was the sixth most-watched Brazilian film with an audience of 5,401,325.[7]

References

  1. ^ Yakir, Dan (February 26, 1984). "American Stars Team Up on a Brazilian Movie". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  2. ^ a b ""Lúcio Flávio" estreará em cem cinemas". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). February 17, 1978. p. 14. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c ""Lúcio Flávio", trajetória de sucesso". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). February 27, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Lúcio Flávio o Passageiro da Agonia" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  5. ^ ""Doramundo" vence o Festival de Gramado". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). February 27, 1978. p. 17. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  6. ^ "Comienza el Festival de Cine de Taormina". El País (in Spanish). July 19, 1978. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  7. ^ Hermsdorff, Renato (November 28, 2014). "Os 20 filmes brasileiros mais vistos da história" (in Portuguese). AdoroCinema. Retrieved December 5, 2014.


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