The Desire

Widowed one year ago, Eleonora, a 33-year-old woman from Sao Paulo's upper bourgeoisie, lives alone, unsuited to her husband's absence, an intellectual frustrated and torn between the need for transcendence and a strong sexual compulsion. The life of the couple, although not happy, was intense. However, the presence of her a long-time friend Ana Maria, just arrived from Paris, a middle-class university student, is staying at his house. The two go to the site of Eleonora and she remembers her life with Marcelo and his death by drowning.

Director

Walter Hugo Khouri

Written by

Walter Hugo Khouri

Produced by

Walter Hugo Khouri

Cinematographer

Antonio Meliande

Editor

Maurício Wilke

Studios

Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz, Servicine Serviços Cinematográficos

Origin country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 39m

Language

Portuguese

TMDB

5.0/10 (2 votes)

IMDb

6.1/10 (32 votes)