Xuxa Lopes Movies
- 1998
Hector Babenco injected autobiographical details into this tale of an Argentine teen's first romance. Living with his parents, 17-year-old Juan (Walter Quiroz) hangs out with several intellectuals who would like to photograph the human soul. The girlfriend of the group's financier is Ana (Maria Luisa Mendonca), and Juan is attracted to her, despite the knowledge that she spent two years at a clinic because she was "crazy." Juan sees Ana when he can and trains as a door-to-door salesman, but when the German photographer on the soul project gives him a viewfinder, it changes his life, putting him on the path to his later success as a Hollywood director. Shown in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Miguel Ángel Solá, Maria Luiza Mendonca, (more)
- 1988
Three generations of women gather for one last time in the family mansion slated for the wrecking ball in this distaff drama. The trio reminisces about the last 40 years in a revealing display of emotions, sharing their hopes and dreams with each other. Filming took place in a beautiful mansion in downtown Rio. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tonia Carrero, Louise Cardoso, (more)
- 1987
All three of the main female characters in this film were performed by Lucella Santos. The three women in question all live around a plaza in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, and none of them is aware of the others. Though their adult responses to deeply flawed childhoods are very different, each of them was abandoned in a very hurtful way by their fathers. One sleeps around incessantly, for no particular reason. Another has become the captive of her overzealous mother, and the last has become an extraordinarily jealous harpy, even though her kindly husband does nothing to provoke her in any way. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lucelia Santos, Norma Bengell, (more)
- 1982
When a government official arrives to close down a girls' school, he is left alone for awhile to wait for the arrival of the school's administrators so he can give them official notice of the closure. In the meantime, he starts to daydream about the people he will soon be dismissing -- daydreams that constitute the story of this movie, and that center on the sexual yearnings of just about everyone from those in charge down to the custodian. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dina Sfat, Xuxa Lopes, (more)
- 1981
Director Alberto Graca has tried to re-create the environment in Brazil upon the return to civilian, party politics after more than 10 years of military rule. The opposition to military rule now spends its time in power struggles and temporary alliances as factions and parties vie for a place at the top of the ladder. None of the in-fighting among the maze of protagonists can be accomplished without extensive discussions -- a classic Latino approach that seems to be as much a part of the culture as language itself. Some viewers without enough background may find the multiple characters and political complexities a little hard to follow. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Xuxa Lopes, Walmor Chagas, (more)
