Playing (film)

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Playing
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Film poster
Directed by Eduardo 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
Language Portuguese

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]

Contents

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

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

Promotion

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

List of awards and nominations
AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef.
International Film Festival in Punta del Este2008Best DocumentaryPlayingWon [7]
Cines del Sur 2008Best DocumentaryPlayingWon [13]

References

  1. https://www.pharosartsfoundation.org/brazilianfilmfestival9.htm [ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.