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Turbulence (Estorvo)

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Original title

Estorvo

Year

2000

Running time

96 min.

Country

Brazil

Director

Ruy Guerra

Screenwriter

Ruy Guerra. Novel: Chico Buarque de Hollanda

Cast

Music

Egberto Gismonti

Cinematography

Marcelo Durst

Producer

Co-production Brazil-Portugal-Cuba;

Sky Light Cinema Foto e Art, RioFilme, D&D Audiovisuais, ICAIC

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Ruy Guerra's Estorvo (Turbulence), based on a novel by singer/song-writer Chico Buarque, chronicles the existential nightmare of an anonymous first-person character who roams through the streets of a modern city. The setting is Brazil today, the protagonist ("I", Jorge Perugorría) is awakened from a restless night by the ringing of the doorbell and the presence of a man in the doorway who provokes fear and uncertainty. The man sneaks away from his apartment to experience a panoply of dreams and hallucinations that reach far into the past mother, sister, friends, thieves, cops, marijuana growers, dealers...

Awards: 2000: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

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Turbulence (Estorvo)

2000

Ruy Guerra