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Happily Ever After

Original title: Além da Paixão
  • 1985
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
131
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Regina Duarte in Happily Ever After (1985)
Drama

In São Paulo, a married woman in her 30s lives with husband and two children; she's Fernanda, an interior designer. Shortly after her father's death, a vivid dream disorients her: she dances... Read allIn São Paulo, a married woman in her 30s lives with husband and two children; she's Fernanda, an interior designer. Shortly after her father's death, a vivid dream disorients her: she dances with a man in women's clothing. The next day, she meets a young man who looks like the ma... Read allIn São Paulo, a married woman in her 30s lives with husband and two children; she's Fernanda, an interior designer. Shortly after her father's death, a vivid dream disorients her: she dances with a man in women's clothing. The next day, she meets a young man who looks like the man in her dreams; he's Miguel, a male prostitute who lives with a transvestite, Bom-Bom. Mi... Read all

  • Director
    • Bruno Barreto
  • Writers
    • Bruno Barreto
    • Antônio Calmon
  • Stars
    • Regina Duarte
    • Paulo Castelli
    • Patricio Bisso
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    131
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bruno Barreto
    • Writers
      • Bruno Barreto
      • Antônio Calmon
    • Stars
      • Regina Duarte
      • Paulo Castelli
      • Patricio Bisso
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Regina Duarte
    Regina Duarte
    • Fernanda
    Paulo Castelli
    • Miguel
    Patricio Bisso
    Patricio Bisso
    • Bom-Bom
    Kiki Cunha Bueno
    Renato Coutinho
    Rubem De Bem
    Jayme del Cueto
    Renata Deschamps
    Maria Helena Dias
    Maria Helena Dias
    • Rosa
    Emile Edde
    Walter Forster
    Walter Forster
    Flávio Galvão
    Flávio Galvão
    • Roberto
    Marcos Kaloy
    Felipe Martins
    Felipe Martins
    • Ratinho
    Ricardo Ostrower
    Stanley Ostrower
    Denise Prado
    Ceres Ramos
    • Director
      • Bruno Barreto
    • Writers
      • Bruno Barreto
      • Antônio Calmon
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    8pp002122

    Housewife fling to edge of hell and back

    A dutiful housewife in Sao Paulo finds herself accidentally associated with a handsome devil from a sorted side of life she only dreams about. Her desires pull her away from her family to taste the sexual pleasures the young man offers only to find herself in a world of drug dealers, murder and betrayal. But the films title wins out in the end.
    8guisreis

    Regina Duarte in her most unexpected role

    A married woman and mother of two kids fall in love (and has hot sex scenes) with a male prostitute and drug dealer, well played by Paulo Castelli. The tension about what will happen with them is kept along the movie, as he manipulates her and is a man from underground who is obviously not trustable, while she is naive and dazzled. Nice and not well known film by Bruno Barreto, a romantic drama road movie, which has a remarkable detail: the woman is played by Regina Duarte, an actress that was extremely popular as a well-behaved star in soap operas and who eventually became a shocking supporter of far right extremism, and I suppose that she does not like that this movie be broadcast in TV.

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    • Release date
      • January 12, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Brazil
    • Language
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Tutkunun Ötesinde
    • Filming locations
      • São Paulo, Brazil
    • Production company
      • Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas
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      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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