Playing (film)

Playing
Film poster
Directed byEduardo Coutinho
Produced byGuilherme Cezar Coelho
João Moreira Salles
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
CinematographyJacques Cheuiche
Edited byJordana Berg
Release date
  • November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09) (Brazilian Film Festival)[1]
Running time
105 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Playing (Portuguese: Jogo de Cena) is a 2007 Brazilian documentary film by Eduardo Coutinho, about the friction between truth and fiction in the cinema.[2][3][4]

In the 2010s it was ranked as number 17 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list[5] and also number 2 in the documentary list.[6]

Plot

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In response to a newspaper ad, 83 women responded and told their life story in a studio. Twenty-three of them were selected and filmed in June 2006. In September of the same year, several actresses interpreted, in their own way, the same stories.

Cast

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  • Andréa Beltrão as herself
  • Fernanda Torres as herself
  • Marilia Pera as herself
  • Aleta Gomes Vieira as herself
  • Claudiléa Cerqueira de Lemos as herself
  • Débora Almeida as herself
  • Gisele Alves Moura as herself
  • Jeckie Brown as herself
  • Lana Guelero as herself
  • Maria de Fátima Barbosa as herself
  • Marina D'Elia as herself
  • Mary Sheila as herself
  • Sarita Houli Brumer as herself

Promotion

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Playing was included in the Official Selection at the International Film Festival in Punta del Este, and received its first international public screening there in February 2008.[7]

In April 2008 the film was also screened at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema and at the Tribeca Film Festival.[2][8][9]

The film made subsequent appearances at the Locarno Film Festival (on August 7, 2008) and the Los Angeles Film Festival (on November 19, 2014).[10]

In Brazil, the film had its premiere at the São Paulo International Film Festival in October, 2007[11] and had its theatrical release on November 9, 2007.[12]

Accolades

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List of awards and nominations
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
International Film Festival in Punta del Este 2008 Best Documentary Playing Won [7]
Cines del Sur 2008 Best Documentary Playing Won [13]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.pharosartsfoundation.org/brazilianfilmfestival9.htm [dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Playing". Tribeca. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Playing". IDFA. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ Page, Joanna; Haddu, Miriam (December 31, 2013). Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 147. ISBN 978-1349373642.
  5. ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" [Abraccine organizes ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films]. Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ "100 melhores documentários brasileiros" [Top 100 Brazilian documentaries] (in Portuguese). Revista de Cinema. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Estômago' vence Festival de Cinema de Punta del Este" [Estômago' wins International Film Festival in Punta del Este] (in Portuguese). G1. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ^ Richard Shpuntoff (2008). "The Documentary Tango: Buenos Aires Fest Reaches Out to Latin America". IDA. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Filme de Eduardo Coutinho participa do Festival de Cinema de Tribeca, em NY" [Eduardo Coutinho film participates at the Tribeca Film Festival in NY] (in Portuguese). Revista EGO. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  10. ^ Richard Shpuntoff. "Jogo de Cena:Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. ^ Carla Meneghini (26 October 2007). "'Jogo de cena' traz duelo entre realidade e ficção" [‘Jogo de cena’ is a showdown between the truth and the fiction] (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  12. ^ Jose Geraldo Couto (8 November 2007). "Coutinho questiona o real e a ficção" [Coutinho challenges the truth and the fiction] (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  13. ^ "'Jogo de cena' ganha prêmio de melhor filme em festival espanhol" ['Jogo de Cena' wins best film award at Spanish festival] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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