''December'' ( pt, Feliz Natal) is a 2008 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 ...
and directoral debut of
Selton Mello
Selton Figueiredo Mello (born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, pr ...
. Shot in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
,
it stars
Leonardo Medeiros
Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros (born 20 November 1964) is a Brazilian actor.
Before ''Os Maias'', he had worked together with Luiz Fernando Carvalho in '' To the Left of the Father'' (2001), a film based on a novel by Raduan Nassar
Raduan Nassar ...
, Darlene Glória,
Graziella Moretto
Graziella Moretto Figueiredo (born 15 May 1972) is a Brazilian former actress.
She has acted in some motion pictures
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of vis ...
, Paulo Guarnieri, and Lúcio Mauro.
Plot
Caio (
Leonardo Medeiros
Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros (born 20 November 1964) is a Brazilian actor.
Before ''Os Maias'', he had worked together with Luiz Fernando Carvalho in '' To the Left of the Father'' (2001), a film based on a novel by Raduan Nassar
Raduan Nassar ...
) travels to his hometown to visit his family on
Christmas Eve. At the reunion, he must deal with past memories.
From start, the film exposes a structural functioning: it is an example of a "performance cinema".
Cast
*
Leonardo Medeiros
Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros (born 20 November 1964) is a Brazilian actor.
Before ''Os Maias'', he had worked together with Luiz Fernando Carvalho in '' To the Left of the Father'' (2001), a film based on a novel by Raduan Nassar
Raduan Nassar ...
as Caio
*Darlene Glória as Mérci
*
Graziella Moretto
Graziella Moretto Figueiredo (born 15 May 1972) is a Brazilian former actress.
She has acted in some motion pictures
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of vis ...
as Fabiana
*Paulo Guarnieri as Theo
*Lúcio Mauro as Miguel
*Fabricio Reis as Bruno
*Thelmo Fernandes as Neto
*Cláudio Mendes as Thales
*Daniel Torres as Vitor
*Rose Abdallah as Célia
*Lucas Guarnieri as Thiago
*Liz Maggini Seraphin as Bia
*Hossein Minussi as Alex
*Emiliano Queiroz as
Zé do Caixão
Zé do Caixão , known in English-speaking countries as Coffin Joe, is a character created and nominally played by Brazilian writer, director, and actor José Mojica Marins. An amoral undertaker with Nietzschian beliefs, he is driven by his des ...
*
Nathalia Dill as Marília
See also
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List of Christmas films
References
External links
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2000s Christmas drama films
2008 films
Brazilian Christmas drama films
Films directed by Selton Mello
Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city)
2000s Portuguese-language films
2008 directorial debut films
2008 drama films
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