Jogo subterraneo
Brazil,
2005, 108 min
Shown in 2006
CREDITS
- dir
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Roberto Gervitz
- prod
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Francisco Ramalho, Jr.
- scr
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Jorge Durán, Roberto Gervitz
- cam
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Lauro Escorel
- editor
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Manga Campion
- mus
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Luiz Henrique Xavier
- cast
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Felipe Camargo, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Julia Lemmertz, Daniela Escobar, Thávyne Ferrari, Maitê Proença
- source
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Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV, Rue Capitão Salomão 42, Humaitá, 22271-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAX: +55-21-2266-3637. EMAIL: festival@gnctv.com.br.
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COMMENTS
Roberto Gervitz and Luiz Henrique Xavier attendance.
OTHER
Director Roberto Gervitz creates a thoroughly urban and contemporary universe in the sleek subways of São Paulo to tell a story based on the imaginings of renowned Argentine author Julio Cortázar. A lonely lounge pianist, Martín (Felipe Camargo), plays a game in his off hours: He maps out routes through the underground then follows them to see if he might encounter the woman of his dreams—that is, one who takes the same route he does. This may sound like more of a long shot than Internet dating, but for a quietly charming, handsome man like Martín, results are not long in coming. The suspense builds as he first meets a tattoo artist with an autistic daughter, with whom he develops a relationship through his music. Next he encounters a blind writer who seems to be searching for characters on the metro. As they get to know each other, he becomes the basis of one of her tales. Continuing with his obsessive diversion, he becomes mesmerized one day by a striking woman in a red dress, a model who is even more neurotic than he is. Abandoning the rules of the game, he pursues her cat-and-mouse style through the labyrinthine underground. Her mysterious lifestyle and suspicious behavior cannot dissuade him, even as he begins to perceive the danger she represents. By accepting Martín’s obsessive behavior, Gervitz creates a kind of realism, one that is fed by the strange but genuine emotions that lie beneath the search for love.
—Miguel Pendás
FACTOID #7
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