O Desejo
1975 · Movie · 99 min. · Brazil
Widowed one year ago, Eleonora, a 33-year-old woman from Sao Paulo's upper bourgeoisie, lives alone, unsuited to her husband's absence, an intellectual frustrated and torn between the need for transcendence and a strong sexual compulsion. The life of the couple, although not happy, was intense. However, the presence of her a long-time friend Ana Maria, just arrived from Paris, a middle-class university student, is staying at his house. The two go to the site of Eleonora and she remembers her life with Marcelo and his death by drowning.
Direction Walter Hugo Khouri
Cast Lilian Lemmertz · Selma Egrei · Fernando Amaral · Kate Hansen · Sérgio Hingst · Lucilla Vicchino · Carlos Ciampolini
Soundtrack Rogerio Duprat
Screenplay Walter Hugo Khouri
Cinematography Antonio Meliande
Original title O Desejo
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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