''O Contador de Histórias'' (''The Story of Me'' or (Australian title) The Storyteller) is a 2009 Brazilian film directed by Luiz Villaça, based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.
Plot
Roberto, an imaginative 6-year-old and the youngest of ten brothers in an impoverished family, is consigned by his mother to a newly founded government institution. The goal of educating poor youngsters to university level is not matched by the facilities, and the unhappy Roberto repeatedly tries to escape and is brought back. A French social-work researcher, Margherit, makes the boy, who is now aged 13 and on the way to a life of crime, a subject of study. After many tribulations, she gets closer to him and shows how love and care can make a difference. She teaches him to read and introduces works of
Jules Verne which refire his imagination and launch him on a successful career of teaching and public oratory.
Cast
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Maria de Medeiros
Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida, DamSE (born 19 August 1965), known professionally as Maria de Medeiros (), is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions.
Ear ...
as Margherit
*Daniel Henrique as 6-year-old Roberto
*Paulinho Mendes as 13-year-old Roberto
*Cleiton Santos as adult Roberto
*Malu Galli as Pérola
*Ju Colombo as Roberto's mother
*Daniel Henrique da Silva as 6-year-old Samuel
*Ricardo Perpétuo as 13-year-old Samuel
*Matheus de Freitas as 13-year-old Cabelinho de Fogo
*Victor Augusto da Silva as 17-year-old Cabelinho de Fogo
*Teuda Bara as Judith
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Chico Díaz
Francisco "Chico" Díaz Rocha (born 16 February 1959) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Francisco Díaz Rocha was born in Mexico City. He is the son of Juan Díaz Bordenave, a Paraguayan journalist and pedagogue, and Maria Cândida, a Brazilian ...
as
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*Jacqueline Obrigon as psychologist
Reception
In 2009, adjudged Best Film (Audience Choice), Critics’ Special Prize and Best Actor at Paulínia Festival; Lente de Cristal Award at Cine Fest Brasil, Madrid. Also screened at Vienna International Children's Festival, 2010
Brazilian Film Festival of London; Brazilian Film Festival in Miami.
[Wikerson, Landim ]
The Story of Me
' Screening notes at Wellington N.Z. Film Society
References
External links
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Brazilian director tells real story behind movieat YouTube, 28 November 2011
2009 films
Brazilian drama films
2000s Portuguese-language films
2009 drama films
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