The Desire (1975)
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.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri
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Fernando Amaral as Marcelo |
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Selma Egrei as Ana Maria |
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Lilian Lemmertz as Eleonora |
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Kate Hansen as |
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Sérgio Hingst as |
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Agar Amaral as |
| Writing | Walter Hugo Khouri | Writer |
| Directing | Walter Hugo Khouri | Director |
| Art | Lenita Perroy | Art Direction |
| Camera | Antonio Meliande | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Hugo Khouri | Camera Operator |
| Production | Heron D'Ávila | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Maurício Wilke | Editor |
| Sound | Rogério Duprat | Music |
| Production | Walter Hugo Khouri | Producer |