''A Intrusa'' is a 1979 Brazilian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen (Santiago del Estero, 15 December 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 1999) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was of Danes, Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen ...

, based on the short story "La intrusa" by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known bo ...

. The film is about the parallel lives of two

gaucho A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired and ...

brothers with Danish ancestry. It was shot in

Uruguaiana Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the eastern shore of the Uruguay River bordering Argentina. Opposite to Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of P ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

Cast

José de Abreu José Pereira de Abreu Júnior (; born 24 May 1946) is a Brazilian actor. Biography Born in the city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, in the state of São Paulo, at the age of fourteen he moved to the state's capital, São Paulo city, working as ...

as Christian * Arlindo Barreto as Eduardo *

Maria Zilda Bethlem Maria Zilda Bethlem (born October 20, 1951), also known as Maria Zilda, is a Brazilian actress. She is known for the role Verônica in the Rede Globo telenovela ''Vereda Tropical''. She won the Best Actress Award at the 1993 Brasília Film Festi ...

as Juliana * Palmira Barbosa as Efigênia * Fernando de Almeida as João Iberra * Ricardo Marnick * Mauricio Loyola * Heloísa Gadel * Nelson Pinto Bastos * Hermes Lago

Reception

At the 1980

Gramado Film Festival The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Br ...

the film won four Golden Kikito awards, including Best Director, Best Actor (

), Best Cinematography (Antônio Gonçalves) and Best Music (

Astor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed ''nuevo tango'', incorporating elements from ...

), and was also nominated for Best Film.

References

External links

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A Intrusa
on "The Garden of Forking Paths" Borges site. 1979 drama films 1979 LGBT-related films 1979 films Brazilian drama films Brazilian LGBT-related films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen Films shot in Rio Grande do Sul 1970s Portuguese-language films LGBT-related drama films Films about gauchos Films about threesomes {{1970s-Brazil-film-stub