''December'' () is a 2008 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 ...
and directoral debut of
Selton Mello
Selton Figueiredo Mello (; born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker. Acting since childhood on TV shows, Mello gained popularity in Brazil for his comedic performances in ''A Dog's Will'' (2000) and ''Lisbela e o Prisioneiro, L ...
. Shot in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
,
it stars
Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória,
Graziella Moretto
Graziella Moretto Figueiredo (born 15 May 1972) is a Brazilian actress.
She has acted in some motion pictures, such as Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and scre ...
, Paulo Guarnieri, and Lúcio Mauro.
Plot
Caio (
Leonardo Medeiros) travels to his hometown to visit his family on
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas, the festival commemorating nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus. Christmas Day is observance of Christmas by country, observed around the world, and Christma ...
. 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".
Cast
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Leonardo Medeiros as Caio
*Darlene Glória as Mérci
*
Graziella Moretto
Graziella Moretto Figueiredo (born 15 May 1972) is a Brazilian actress.
She has acted in some motion pictures, such as Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and scre ...
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
Zé do Caixão , known in English-speaking countries as :en:Coffin Joe, Coffin Joe, is a character created and nominally played by Brazilian writer, director, and actor José Mojica Marins. An Amorality, amoral undertaker with Friedrich Nietzsche ...
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Nathalia Dill
Nathalia Goyannes Dill Orrico (; born 24 March 1986) is a Brazilian actress. She has played the lead role in three telenovelas, the lead antagonist role in another two and the lead role in 2012's film ''Artificial Paradises''.
Career
Nathal ...
as Marília
See also
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List of Christmas films
Many Christmas stories have been Christmas film, adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television. Since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, these films are sold and re-sold every ...
References
External links
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2000s Christmas drama films
2008 films
Brazilian Christmas drama films
Films directed by Selton Mello
Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city)
2000s Portuguese-language films
2008 directorial debut films
2008 drama films
2000s Brazilian films
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