''A Intrusa'' is a 1979 Brazilian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen (15 December 1914 in Santiago del Estero – 30 November 1999 in Rio de Janeiro) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, an iconic figure of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical ...

, based on the short story "La intrusa" by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo ( ; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish literature, Spanish-language and international literatur ...

. The film is about the parallel lives of two

gaucho A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the southern part of Bolivia, and the south of Chilean Patago ...

brothers with Danish ancestry. It was shot in Uruguaiana,

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...

Cast

* José de Abreu as Christian * Arlindo Barreto as Eduardo *

Maria Zilda Bethlem Maria Zilda Bethlem (born October 20, 1951), also known as Maria Zilda, is a Brazilian actress. She is known for the role of Verônica in the Rede Globo telenovela '' Vereda Tropical''. She won the Best Actress Award at the 1993 Brasília Film F ...

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 Gramado Film Festival () is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Brazil. It is the biggest ...

the film won four Golden Kikito awards, including Best Director, Best Actor ( José de Abreu), Best Cinematography (Antônio Gonçalves) and Best Music (

Astor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed '' nuevo tango'', incorporating elements fr ...

), and was also nominated for Best Film.

References

External links

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A Intrusa
on "The Garden of Forking Paths" Borges site. 1979 drama films 1979 LGBTQ-related films 1979 films Brazilian drama films Brazilian LGBTQ-related films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen Films shot in Rio Grande do Sul 1970s Portuguese-language films 1970s LGBTQ-related drama films Films about gauchos Films about threesomes Films scored by Astor Piazzolla 1970s Brazilian films Portuguese-language drama films {{1970s-Brazil-film-stub