Perfume de Gardênia

Name: Perfume de Gardênia
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Christiane Torloni, José Mayer, Walter Quiroz

1992
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Drama

Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son's revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub.Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son's revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub.Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son's revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

165

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination

Trivia
Final film of Paulo Villaça and only film performance of writer Caio Fernando Abreu. Both died from AIDS complications in the 1990's.

Goofs
The chief of police is an omnipotent presence by appearing and working in many different police stations around town. This isn't a realistic scenario.

Connections
Edited into Helena Zero (2006)

Soundtracks
Amiga, Presta Atenção
Written by Guilherme de Almeida Prado
Performed by Christiane Torloni

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Beautifully atmospheric crime drama

I saw this years ago, but it has stayed in my memory better than most films. There is something captivatingly twisted about the atmosphere: it almost plays out like a love triangle between the driver, his son and his estranged wife, the boy's mother. As a bonus there are some hilarious scenes from the B-films the wife supposedly starred in, which still somehow do not distract from the overall dramatic, even melodramatic tone. Though a traditionally done, plot- and character driven film, rather than anything experimental, there is something wonderfully odd underneath the surface; maybe it is the depths of feeling the character's are so desperately trying to hide.