The Man Who Copied
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jorge Furtado
Lazaro Ramos
Leandra Leal
Luana Piovani
Pedro Cardoso
Julio Andrade
Film Details
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Synopsis
Andre is 20 years old and has never finished high school. He is a photocopier operator at J. Gomide Bookstore and Stationers, in the Fourth District, a working class neighborhood in Porto Alegre, south of Brazil. He lives with his mother. He likes drawing and he likes Silvia. Andre desperately needs $38. Silvia is 18. She goes to night school and during the day she is a shop assistant in a women's clothes store. She lives with her father, she likes reading and is not too crazy about figs. Silvia has a date at the top of the Corcovado mountain, in Rio, and she cannot miss it. Marines works at the bookstore with Andre. She dates, but not so regularly, a German guy who lives in Holland. Marines looks really good in dresses she cannot afford to buy. Cardoso will do anything for her. And Marines does anything she wants with him. Almost anything. Cardoso quit smoking. Two days ago, at Marines request. He does not even miss it that much. Only sometimes, after lunch. That cigarette. If you don't smoke, you have no idea what it means, that cigarette after lunch. Andre needs $38 to buy a chenille dressing gown and to save Silvias's life. Andre thinks up many plans to make money. And they all work out.
Director
Jorge Furtado
Cast
Lazaro Ramos
Leandra Leal
Luana Piovani
Pedro Cardoso
Julio Andrade
Carlos Cunha Filo
Paulo Jose Gomes De Souza
Crew
Ana Luiza Azevedo
Fiapo Barth
Giba Assis Brasil
Cynthia Caprara
Rosangela Cortinhas
Jorge Furtado
Nora Goulart
Leo Henkin
Cristiano Scherer
Alex Sernambi
Alex Sernambi
Luciana Tomasi
Film Details
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Released in United States 2004
Released in United States April 2004
Released in United States April 29, 2005
Released in United States January 2004
Released in United States March 2004
Released in United States on Video August 16, 2005
Released in United States Spring April 22, 2005
Shown at Cinequest Film Festival March 3-14, 2004.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-19, 2004.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 15-29, 2004.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 20-June 13, 2004.
Released in United States 2004 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 20-June 13, 2004.)
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-19, 2004.)
Released in United States March 2004 (Shown at Cinequest Film Festival March 3-14, 2004.)
Released in United States April 2004 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 15-29, 2004.)
Released in United States Spring April 22, 2005 (NY)
Released in United States April 29, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video August 16, 2005
