Caiçara (film)

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Caiçara
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adolfo Celi Tom Payne John Waterhouse
Written by	Alberto Cavalcanti Adolfo Celi Ruggero Jacobbi
Produced by	Alberto Cavalcanti
Starring	Eliane Lage Abílio Pereira de Almeida Carlos Vergueiro Mário Sérgio
Cinematography	H. E. Fowle
Edited by	Oswald Hafenrichter
Music by	Francisco Mignone
Production company	Vera Cruz
Distributed by	Universal Filmes Marte Filmes
Release date	1 November 1950 (1950-11-01)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

Plot

Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Marina (Eliane Lage) finds herself the object of desire for her husband's business partner, Manuel (Carlos Vergueiro). While the two men fight to the death over her, Marina finds love with a passing sailor, Alberto (Mário Sérgio).^[2]

Cast

• Eliane Lage as Marina
• Abilio Pereira de Almeida as José Amaro
• Carlos Vergueiro as Manuel
• Mário Sérgio as Alberto
• Maria Joaquina da Rocha as Felicidade
• Adolfo Celi as Genovês
• Vera Sampaio
• Célia Biar
• Renato Consorte
• Luiz Calderaro
• José Mauro de Vasconcelos
• Zilda Barbosa as Diretora do orfanato

Production

It was shot between March and September 1950 in Ilhabela, São Paulo.^[3]

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Caiçara". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
2. Sadlier, Darlene J. (1 October 2010). Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252092329 – via Google Books.
3. "Caiçara" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

External links

• Caiçara at IMDb