''I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'' () is a 2011 Brazilian

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directed by Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca. Based on a novel of the same name by Marçal Aquino, it stars

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, Gustavo Machado, and Zecarlos Machado, in a love triangle. Pitanga plays the role of Lavínia, a former prostitute and

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who is taken from the

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streets by Ernani (husband), a pastor. After a period of time, the couple is shown to be living in

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, where Lavínia fall in love with Cauby (lover), a photographer who sees in her a

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. It took over four months to shoot it in Santarém and Rio de Janeiro.

Cast

as Lavínia *Gustavo Machado as Cauby *Zecarlos Machado as Ernani *

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as Viktor Laurence *

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as Isaías *Adriano Barroso as Polozzi *Magnólio de Oliveira as Chico Chagas *Simone Sou as Xamã

Reception

It was first screened at the 2011

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on October 11, 2011, and was the most watched film over

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's ''

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''. In Rio, Camila Pitanga won the Best Actress Award, and it was awarded the Best Film at the 37th

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. Boyd van Hoeij from ''

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'' said it is "more noteworthy for its atmosphere ... than the flashback-laden narrative, which, between vigorous sexual workouts, manages to be overly symbolical and soapy." '' Screendaily.com''s Mark Adams declared "The film – while beautifully shot and appropriately steamy – then takes a dive into melodrama territory". Adams lauded how Brant and Ciasca "make the most of their striking lead actress and bring just the right amount of steamy sexual tension to what is in essence an old-fashioned melodrama."

References

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* {{Colón de Oro 2011 romantic drama films 2011 films Brazilian romantic drama films Films based on Brazilian novels Films shot in Pará Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city) 2010s Portuguese-language films 2010s Brazilian films Portuguese-language romantic drama films