''Sem Controle'' (''No Control'') also known as ''The Last Madness'', is a 2007 Brazilian

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

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directed by Cris D'amato and starring Eduardo Moscovis,

Milena Toscano Milena Toscano Gonçalves (born January 11, 1984), is a Brazilian actress. Career Born in Santo André, São Paulo, Milena Toscano started her career as a model when she was ten years-old, after she was hired by the Ford Models Agency. Sh ...

, Vanessa Gerbelli and Renata Batista. The film was screened at the Première Brasil of the 2007 Festival do Rio.

Plot

Danilo is a theatre director obsessed with the injustice committed against the farmer Manoel da Motta Coqueiro, in a case that initiated the process of extinction of the death penalty in Brazil. Spurred by a mysterious, beautiful woman, Danilo begins to rehearse a play about the life of Motta Coqueiro, where he plays the farmer, and the remaining characters are experienced by psychiatric patients. Gradually Danilo begins to confuse what is real and what is imaginary, passing to relive the historical facts as if he himself were Motta Coqueiro.

Cast

* Eduardo Moscovis as Danilo / Motta Coqueiro *

as Aline / Úrsula das Virgens * Vanessa Gerbelli as Dr. Márcia * Renata Batista as Ana * Josias Amon as Tonhão / Carlos / Tinoco * Edmilson Barros as Edmilson / Benedito * Mariana Bassoul as Vânia / Francisca * Charles Fricks as André / Julião * Cadu Fávero as Claudionor / Fernandes * Dirce Migliaccio as Dona Iolanda * Shimon Nahmias as Godofredo / Flor * Igor Paiva as Otávio / Policeman * Polyana Passos as Heloísa / Balbina * Gláucia Rodrigues as Estela / Carolina * Pablo Sanábio as Felipe / Fidélis / Paulinho

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, last_madness, Sem Controle Brazilian thriller films 2007 thriller films 2007 directorial debut films 2007 films 2007 drama films 2000s Portuguese-language films 2000s Brazilian films