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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
| image = Villa-Lobos A Life of Passion.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Zelito Viana
| producer = Zelito Viana
| writer = Joaquim Assis
| starring = Antnio Fagundes
Marcos Palmeira
Letcia Spiller
| music = Silvio Barbato
| cinematography = Walter Carvalho
| editing = Eduardo Escorel
| studio = Mapa Filmes
| distributor = Riofilme
United International Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = Brazil
| language = Portuguese
| gross = R$874,453 ($376,886)
}}
'Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion' is a 2000 Brazilian drama film directed by Zelito Viana. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. It won the 2nd Grande Prmio Cinema Brasil for Best Score, and the 5th Brazilian Film Festival of Miami for Best Art Direction. Its production started in 1997 as 'Villa Lobos - Histria de Uma Paixo'.
Plot
The film is a docudrama of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, portraying him at various ages.
Cast
* Antnio Fagundes as Heitor Villa-Lobos
** Marcos Palmeira as young Heitor Villa-Lobos
* Letcia Spiller as Mindinha
* Ana Beatriz Nogueira as Luclia
* Jos Wilker as Donizetti
* Marieta Severo as Noemia
* Othon Bastos as Raul
* Emlio de Melo as Arthur Rubinstein
* Antonio Pitanga as Joaquim
References
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