O CHEIRO DO RALO
09
9:30 pm
2007
(Drained)
Portuguese/English subtitles
Brazil / 2006 / 112 min
Pacific Cinémathèque
O CHEIRO DO RALO
Director: Heitor Dhalia
Producers: Geracao Conteudo, Primo Filmes, RT Features
Screenwriters: Heitor Dhalia
Cinematographer: José Roberto Eliezer
Editor: Pedro Becker
Sound: Guilherme Ayrosa, Thiago Bittencourt
Cast: Selton Mello, Paula Braun, Lourenco Mutarrelli, Fabiana Gugli, Silva Lourenco, Mario Shoeberger, Martha Meola, Flavio Bauraqui, Suzana Alves

In this twisted comedy, Lourenço, who owns a pawn shop, buys used goods from desperate people. Profiting from misfortune, he is enticed to conduct perverse power games. When the perfect “derriere” of a waitress and the nauseous smell from the toilet enter his life, he loses all control. At a casual rendezvous, Lourenço is forced to use a currency that he has put aside for a long time: affection. Then, Lourenço is confronted by the same clients he believed to control.

En esta comedia de humor negro, Lourenço, el dueño de una casa de empeño, compra bienes usados a gente desesperada. Haciendo capital a costillas de los desafortunados, es atraído a realizar juegos perversos de poder. Pero cuando el perfecto “trasero” de una mesera y el nauseabundo olor de baño entran en su vida pierde todo el control. Durante una cita casual, Lourenço se ve forzado a utilizar una moneda que no había utilizado en mucho tiempo: el afecto. Entonces, Lourenço es enfrentado por los mismos clientes que él creyó controlar.

Awards: Best Film Sao Paulo Film Festival / Best Actor, Special Jury Award, Best Latin American Film International Award Rio Janeiro Film Festival


Preceding Short: Crisalidas (Brazil / 15 min)