She Comes Back on Thursday

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She Comes Back on Thursday

With its obvious simplicity, the film’s title happens to set the mood of the film, or at least its guiding principle: staying anchored in everyday life. More precisely, the life of Maria José and Norberto, who have been married for 35 years and who live in Contagem, in the suburbs of Belo Horizonte. Their marriage is on the rocks, which leads their two sons to also wonder about the future of their own relationships with their wives. The story is quite ordinary. How can one capture such an impercep- tible shift in the heart of the banality of things, only made more noticeable by a crisis? Filming his own family, his own parents, his brother and himself, André Novais Oliveira has chosen to take his time. He shots long sequences, leaving enough time for the fictional situations on which he puts his characters to grow and unfold. Then he uses wide frames to linger on more mundane, concrete or at times farcical moments: eating an orange, cooking, watching television...

Original Title

Ela Volta na Quinta

Release Date

2016-02-25

Year

2016

Duration

1h 48m

Status

Released

Score

6.20

Genres

Cast

Maria José Novais Oliveira

Maria José Novais Oliveira

Maria José

Norberto Novais Oliveira

Norberto Novais Oliveira

Norberto

André Novais Oliveira

André Novais Oliveira

André

Renato Novaes

Renato Novaes

Renato

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Elida Silpe

Élida

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Carla Patrícia

Carla

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Tatiana Dal Magro

Tati

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Dircinha Macêdo

Dona da geladeira

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Robert Frank

Robert

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Thiago Cesário

Cesarino