''Love and Co'' ( pt, Amor & Cia) is a 1998 Brazilian-Portuguese

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

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directed by

Helvécio Ratton Helvécio Ratton (born May 14, 1949) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. Filmography *''Criação'' (1978; short film) *''Em Nome da Razão'' (1979; short film) *''João Rosa'' (1980; short film) *''Um Homem Público'' (198 ...

. Based on

Eça de Queiroz José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (; 25 November 1845 – 16 August 1900) is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London ''Observer'', ...

's novel ''Alves & Cia'', it stars

Marco Nanini Marco Antônio Barroso Nanini (born 31 May 1948) is a Brazilian actor. Most of his activities have been in comedy. Nanini achieved national sensation through his participation in the theatre piece ''"O Mistério de Irma Vap"'', together with fe ...

, Patricia Pillar and

Alexandre Borges Alexandre Borges Corrêa (born 23 February 1966) is a Brazilian actor. He is known for his work in Brazilian telenovelas. Personal life While filming Guerra Sem Fim (1993), Borges began a relationship with actress Júlia Lemmertz. He was marr ...

. Shot in

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, and set in the 19th century, it follows Alves (Nanini) as he finds his wife Ludovina (Pillar) with Machado (Borges), and challenges him for a gun

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Cast

as Alves * Patricia Pillar as Ludovina *

as Machado * Rogério Cardoso as Neto *

Cláudio Mamberti Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important m ...

as Carvalho * Ary França as Medeiros * Maria Sílvia as Margarida *

Nelson Dantas Nélson Dantas (November 17, 1927 – March 18, 2006) was a Brazilian actor in film and television. He began in 1949, but his peak period began in 1962. In 1981 he won an award at the Festival de Gramado.Tania Carvalho - 2009 Tônia Carrero: mov ...

as Asprígio *

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as Abílio * Sônia Siqueira as Joana

Reception

''Love and Co'' grossed R$237,310 and was watched by 47,179 people in the 24 Brazilian theaters in which it was released. It was nominated for the

1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil The 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil ceremony, presented by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil, honored the best audiovisual productions of 1999. It took place on February 12, 2000, at the Palácio Quitandinha in the city of Petrópolis, Rio de J ...

for Best Film and Best Actor (Marcos Nanini), but lost in both categories. It was awarded as the Best Iberoamerican Film at the 14th

Mar del Plata Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...

. At the 31st

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, it won the Best Film, Best Actress (Patricia Pillar), and shared the Best Art Direction (Clóvis Bueno and Vera Hamburger) with ''

Kenoma Valentinius, a mid-2nd century Gnostic thinker and preacher, was among the early Christians who attempted to align Christianity with middle Platonism. Valentinius pooled dual concepts from the Platonic world of ideal forms, or fullness (pleroma), ...

''. Marco Nanini won Best Actor while Tavinho Moura won Best Music at the 3rd

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References

External links

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''Amor & Cia''
at

Cinemateca Brasileira The Cinemateca Brasileira is the institution responsible for preserving Brazilian audiovisual production. In July 2021, it experienced a major fire. Since 1940, it has been developing activities around the dissemination and restoration of its co ...

''Amor & Cia''
at Rosa Filmes {{Candango Award for Best Film 1998 films 1998 comedy-drama films Brazilian comedy-drama films Films based on works by Eça de Queirós Films directed by Helvécio Ratton Films set in the 19th century Films shot in Minas Gerais Portuguese comedy-drama films 1990s Portuguese-language films