''Cores'' (
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
for "''Colors''") is a 2012 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 ...
that was released on May 10, 2013. It is the
debut film of director Francisco Garcia, who also wrote the script together with Gabriel Campos.
The film was premiered at the
60th San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2012, and was also screened at the
36th São Paulo International Film Festival.
Plot
The film follows the story of the friendship among three young friends in a metropolis. Luca is a tattoo artist who lives with his grandmother. He keeps a tattoo studio in the back of the house, in a peripheral district of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
. Luiz lives in a pension in the downtown city, he spends the day between small jobs that he manages with his bike and working in a drugstore. Luara, his girlfriend, is a girl who lives in an apartment in front of the airport and works in an ornamental fish shop, while dreaming of traveling abroad. The life of these three friends are marked by an ordinary routine, in which the lack of perspective prevails.
Cast
* Maria Célia Camargo
* Graça De Andrade
* Pedro di Pietro
* Simone Iliesco
* Guilherme Leme
*
Tonico Pereira
* Acauã Sol
References
External links
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Brazilian drama films
2012 directorial debut films
2012 films
Films shot in São Paulo
2012 drama films
2010s Portuguese-language films
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