''Por Trás do Pano'' is a 1999 Brazilian

comedy-drama film 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 ...

directed by

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. It stars

Denise Fraga Denise Rodrigues Fraga (born October 15, 1964) is a Brazilian actress. She is also a columnist at Editora Globo's ''Crescer'' magazine. Filmography *''Bambolê'' (1987) – Amália *''A, E, I, O, Urca'' (1990) *''Barriga de Aluguel'' (1990) ...

, Pedro Cardoso,

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, Ester Góes and

Marisa Orth Marisa Domingos Orth (born 21 October 1963) is a Brazilian actress, singer and TV host.< ...

. The plot follows the story of Helena (Fraga), an insecure actress who is married to Marcos (Cardoso), as she receives an invitation to perform in a play alongside the famous actor Sérgio (Melo), who lives a conjugal crisis with his wife Laís (Orth) due to his involvement with his former wife Alexandra (Góes). The filming took place in 1998 in the Municipal Theatre of the city of

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, in the state of

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Cast

as Helena * Pedro Cardoso as Marcos *

as Sérgio * Ester Góes as Alexandra *

Marisa Orth Marisa Domingos Orth (born 21 October 1963) is a Brazilian actress, singer and TV host.< ...

as Laís *Gianni Ratto as Seu José * Angela Dip as Helô *

Dalton Vigh Dalton Vigh de Sousa Vales (born July 10, 1964) is a Brazilian actor. Biography At three years Dalton moved to Santos, and in 1986 moved to São Paulo. Graduated in Advertising in the Methodist University of São Paulo, did not follow his c ...

as Tony *

Milhem Cortaz Milhem Cortaz (born December 6, 1971) is a Brazilian actor. Career Cortaz' first role came on the 2000 film ''Mater Dei'', written by Diogo Mainardi, where he portrayed a security guard. On 2002, he premiered on the television with a minor char ...

as Puck

Reception

''Por Trás do Pano'' grossed R$118,411 and was watched by 22,109 people in the 7 Brazilian theaters in which it was released. It was nominated for four

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: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress, and Denise Fraga was awarded for Best Actress at the

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. At the 27th

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, it received the Popular Jury's Choice of Best Brazilian Film, and Best Actress (Fraga). It was awarded at the 7th Festival de Cinema de Cuiabá for Best Editing (Idê Lacreta), Best Actor (Luís Melo), and Best Actress (Fraga), and at the 10th Festival de Cinema de Natal for Best Screenplay. Fraga also won Best Actress at the 21st

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, and at the Miami Hispanic Film Festival.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Por Tras do Pano 1999 films 1999 comedy-drama films Brazilian comedy-drama films Films about actors Films shot in São Paulo (state) 1990s Portuguese-language films