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My Sweet Orange Tree (film)

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'My Sweet Orange Tree' is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed by Marcos Bernstein, based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Jos Mauro de Vasconcelos, marking the second feature-length adaptation of the novel. Starring Joo Guilherme vila and Jos de Abreu, the film follows the story of Zez, a very imaginative but misunderstood boy.

The idea of adapting the novel started in 2004, when at the request of the film's producer, Katia Machado, Marcos Bernstein and Melanie Dimantas wrote a screenplay. Later, Bernstein offered to direct the film, which was for a while a French-Brazilian production until it finished as an exclusively Brazilian film.

After filming between 2010 and 2011 in Minas Gerais, 'My Sweet Orange Tree' premiered at the Festival do Rio on 29 September 2012. The film was released theatrically in Brazil on 19 April 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics, who highlighted vila's performance and Gustavo Hadba's photography.

Plot



'My Sweet Orange Tree' begins with Jos Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, through flashbacks. Eight-year-old Zez lives in Minas Gerais in a very humble house with his family, consisting of his father, an unemployed and alcoholic, and his mother, which works to support the home and his brother and sisters. Despite the lack of understanding, affection and the aggression suffered by from his father and school colleagues, the boy has a great skill for storytelling using his imagination.

With financial difficulties, the family has to move. At the new home, Zez finds an orange tree, which he talks every day. However, for being extremely extrovert he got involved in several confusions. One of them, he tries to ride on the bumper of Manoel "Portuga" Valadares, but is caught and spanked. The boy feels humiliated and wants revenge, however Valadares ends up understanding Zez, which turns to share his world of fantasies, and a new friendship arises.

Cast



* Joo Guilherme vila as Zez

* Jos de Abreu as Portuga

* Caco Ciocler as Jos Mauro de Vasconcelos

* Eduardo Dascar as Paulo, Zez's father

* Fernanda Vianna as Selma, Zez's mother

* Pedro Vale as Totoca

* Lenidas Jos as Lus

* Julia de Victa as Glria

* Kathia Calil as Jandira

* Eduardo Moreira as Ladislau

* Tino Gomes as Ariovaldo

References




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