The Desire
O Desejo · Walter Hugo Khouri
Official synopsis
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.
Release in Brazil
- Theaters in Brazil 07/18/1975
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Cast of The Desire
6 actors
Fernando Amaral
as Marcelo
Selma Egrei
as Ana Maria
Lilian Lemmertz
as Eleonora
Kate Hansen
Sérgio Hingst
Agar Amaral
- Director
- Walter Hugo Khouri
- Cinematography
- Antonio Meliande
- Editing
- Maurício Wilke
- Production
- Walter Hugo Khouri
- Screenplay
- Walter Hugo Khouri
A Vida De Marcelo movies in order
9 movies · in release order
The Desire details
- Status
- Released
- Original title
- O Desejo
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production companies
- Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz, Servicine Serviços Cinematográficos
- Collection
- A Vida De Marcelo · 3 of 9
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