Film

Mulher de Verdade

(A Real Woman)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma – Heritage Online

Brazil · 1954 · DCP 4K · Black and White · 98' · o.v. Portuguese

The restoration was conducted for Locarno Heritage by Cinegrell Postproduction GmbH in Zurich by Nicole T. Allemann (Project Coordination and Colour Grading), Ursula Deiss (Digital Restoration), Peter Matthies (Film preparation and Scanning) and Daniel Nestler (Sound Restoration)

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This Brazilian social comedy was the winner of the 2023 restoration contest at Locarno Pro, judged by a panel of experts to be the title most worthy of restoration. Directed by the globe-trotting Alberto Cavalcanti on a brief and unhappy return to his home country, Mulher de Verdade is a vivid and precious snapshot of Brazil in the mid-1950s, before the political climate shifted later in the decade.

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Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Screenplay

Oswaldo Moles, Miroel Silveira

Cast

Inezita Barroso, Colé, Rachel Martins

Producer

Alberto Cavalcanti

Co-producer

Alfredo Palácios

Cinematography

Edgar Brasil

Editing

José Cañizares

Music

Cláudio Santoro