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My Sweet Orange Tree (film)
''My Sweet Orange Tree'' ( pt, Meu Pé de Laranja Lima) is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed by Marcos Bernstein, based on the 1968 Meu Pé de Laranja Lima, novel of the same name by José Mauro de Vasconcelos, marking the second feature-length adaptation of the novel. Starring João Guilherme Ávila and José de Abreu, the film follows the story of Zezé, 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 Ávila's performance an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meu Pé De Laranja Lima
''My Sweet Orange Tree'' ( pt, Meu Pé de Laranja Lima) is a novel by José Mauro de Vasconcelos. The book was first published in 1968 and was used for literature classes for elementary schools in Brazil. It has also been translated and published in the US and Europe. The novel is part of a tetralogy written by Vasconcelos and centered on different stages in the life of the protagonist, Zeze, and, by extension, Vasconcelos. The four books were published in a disorganized order, following an aleatory chronology instead of a direct one. The direct continuation of the story, ''Doidão'', was actually published in 1963, five years before ''My Sweet Orange Tree'', and follows the life of Zeze during his adolescence. A film adaptation was released in 2012. Plot Zeze is a young boy who lives in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro with his underprivileged family. Because everyone is busy trying to support the family, Zeze is usually left by himself with his baby brother Luis, and ends up doing mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |