''The Other Side of The Street'' or ''O outro lado da rua'' (the original title in
Portuguese
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) is a 2004
Brazil
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ian film written and directed by Marcos Bernstein. It stars
Fernanda Montenegro
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazil ...
and
Raul Cortez
Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (28 August 1932 – 18 July 2006) was a Brazilian stage, television, and film actor, director and producer. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73.
Filmography
*''O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou'' (1957)
*' ...
.
Plot
Regina, a lonely and retired grandmother, defies social expectations maintaining a very active lifestyle in
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 ...
's urban life. She does this largely by supplying the police with tips on criminal activities in the area. When she witnesses what she believes is a murder across the street, she tries to obtain incriminating statements from the supposed perpetrator but in the process her whole world changes...
Cast
*
Fernanda Montenegro
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazil ...
... Regina Bragança
*
Raul Cortez
Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (28 August 1932 – 18 July 2006) was a Brazilian stage, television, and film actor, director and producer. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73.
Filmography
*''O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou'' (1957)
*' ...
... Dr. Camargo
*Luiz Carlos Persy Detetive Alcides
*
Laura Cardoso
Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television.
Early li ...
... Catarina / Patolina
*Caio Ramos... Bruno Bragança
*Miguel Lunardi... Eduardo Bragança
*Márcio Vito... Detetive Walmir
*Eliana César... Isabel Camargo
*Milene Pizarro... Célia Camargo
*Flávio Pardal... Chapeiro in the coffee shop
*Mauro José... Doorman of Regina's building
*Fábio Lago... Doorman of Camargo's building
*Déo Garcez... Salesman
Accolades
2004:
Berlin International Film Festival
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#C.I.C.A.E. Award (won)
2004:
Mar del Plata Film Festival
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#Best Film (''Nominee'')
#Best Ibero-American Film (won)
2004:
Tribeca Film Festival
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#Best Narrative Feature (''Nominee'')
#Best Actress in a Narrative Feature (Fernanda Montenegro) (won)
2005:
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
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...
#Best Picture (''Nominee'')
#Best Actress (Fernanda Montenegro) (won)
#Best Actor (Raul Cortez) (''Nominee'')
#Best Supporting Actress (Laura Cardoso) (won)
#Best Screenplay, Original (Marcos Bernstein and Melanie Dimantas) (''Nominee'')
#Best Sound (Jorge Saldanha, Waldir Xavier and Rodrigo de Noronha) (''Nominee'')
2005:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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The festival boasts screenings of over 200 feature films and shorts from different countries and regions. SBIFF al ...
#Nueva Vision Award (Marcos Bernstein) (won)
See also
*
Rear Window
''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film st ...
(1954 Alfred Hitchcock film)
References
External links
IMDb
2004 films
2004 thriller films
Brazilian thriller films
2000s English-language films
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