''Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata'' (lit. "Any Stray Cat") is a 2011 Brazilian

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by Tomas Portella. Based on the 1998 play ''Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata tem uma Vida Sexual Mais Saudável que a Nossa'' (

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: ''Any Stray Cat Has a Healthier Sex Life Than Ours'') by

Juca de Oliveira José Juca de Oliveira Santos (born 16 March 1935) is a Brazilian actor. Filmography Film *1967: '' Case of the Naves Brothers'' - Sebastião Naves *1972: ''O Jogo da Vida e da Morte'' - Claudio *1977: ''À Flor da Pele'' - Marcelo *1982: ''Pe ...

, it stars

Cléo Pires Cleo Pires Ayrosa Galvão (born 2 October 1982), known mononymously as Cleo, is a Brazilian actress and singer. Career She made her debut as an actress when she participated in the ''Memorial de Maria Moura'' mini-series in 1994. It was a qui ...

Malvino Salvador Malvino Ramos Salvador (born January 31, 1976) is a Brazilian actor and model. Biography Malvino was born in Manaus, Amazonas, where he lived until he was 25 years old. He is of Portuguese descent. In Manaus, he was a bank clerk and studied a ...

, and Dudu Azevedo. A sequel is set to be released in the second half of 2014 with the three main actors and director set to return.

Plot

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 b ...

, Tati (

) meets her boyfriend Marcelo (Dudu Azevedo) on his birthday and he breaks-up with her, claiming that she is not romantic. An unbalanced Tati enters the class of the biologist Conrado (

) and hears his lesson about evolution, where he tells that modern women have destroyed years of evolution with their attitudes and lack of romanticism. Later, Tati meets Conrado on the street and offers to work with him in his thesis. Conrado teaches Tati the correct behavior of a woman and how to seduce her mate. Meanwhile, Marcelo feels jealous about Conrado, who feels attracted by Tati and learns that his theory is not correct. A love triangle is formed.

Cast

as Tati *

as Conrado * Dudu Azevedo as Marcelo *

Rita Guedes Rita de Cássia de Sousa Guedes (born January 2, 1972) is a Brazilian actress. Biography At 14 Rita joined the theater group Roda Viva, which is developed and presented their work at the Teatro Municipal Catanduva, under the direction of Taba ...

as Olga Portella * Álamo Facó as Magrão (Paulo Sergio) * Letícia Novaes as Laura

References

External links

* * 2011 films 2011 romantic comedy films Brazilian romantic comedy films Brazilian films based on plays Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city) 2010s Portuguese-language films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub