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Quincas Borba (1988)
Directed by Roberto Santos
Drama · 1h 56m
Based on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared.
Cast
Paulo Villaça
Helber Rangel
Fúlvio Stefanini
Luiz Serra
Laura Cardoso
Marlene França
Walter Forster
Adriana Abujamra
Crew
- Director
- Roberto Santos
- Screenplay
- Roberto Santos
- Novel
- Machado de Assis
- Director of Photography
- Roberto Santos Filho
- Original Music Composer
- Luiz Chagas, Manoel Paiva
- Editor
- Carlos Alvaro Vera
Details
- Release date
- 1988-06-09
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Embrafilme, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas