''Reflexões de um Liquidificador'' (''Reflections Of A Blender'') is a 2010 Brazilian

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dark comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

directed by

André Klotzel André Klotzel (born July 30, 1954) is a Brazilian film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. Born in São Paulo, Klotzel always enjoyed photography and thus studied it at the Escola de Comunicações e Artes, School of Communicati ...

Plot

The film follows the story of Elvira, a housewife with a busy lifestyle. Onofre, her husband, disappeared, and she decides to go to the police to find out about his disappearance. The trajectory of the couple is narrated by Elvira's blender, which came to life when, long ago, Onofre switched its propeller for a much larger one.

Cast

Selton Mello Selton Figueiredo Mello (; born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker. Acting since childhood on TV shows, Mello gained popularity in Brazil for his comedic performances in ''A Dog's Will'' (2000) and ''Lisbela e o Prisioneiro, L ...

as the blender *

Ana Lúcia Torre Ana Lúcia Torre Rodrigues (born 21 April 1945) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Ana Lúcia Torre was born in São Paulo. As a child, her family moved to the city of Rio de Janeiro and then to São Paulo. She began studying social sciences ...

as Elvira * Germano Haiut as Onofre * Gorete Milagres as Nurse Teresa *Marcos Cesana as postman *Aramis Trindade as Fuinha

Production and release

''Reflexões de um Liquidificador'' commenced to be shot in August 2008 in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

. To attract a bigger public than other Brazilian films of 2010 which had less than 10,000 attendance, Klotzel released it as a road show. It was not a success but grossed R$179,521, and an audience of 24,149 people, while other domestic releases did not achieve 100 viewers. It also guaranteed Klotzel the Best Director Award at the Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto.

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* * Brazilian black comedy films Films shot in São Paulo Films set in São Paulo 2010 black comedy films 2010 films 2010s Portuguese-language films 2010s Brazilian films Portuguese-language black comedy films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub