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      Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

      R Released Jun 21, 1977 1h 58m Comedy Fantasy List
      80% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Dona Flor (Sonia Braga) marries Vadinho (José Wilker), who is very handsome and passionate, but doesn't work or offer much else. She is able to make money for the family by cooking for her neighbors, but she gambles away most of the money. One day, Vadinho suddenly dies. Dona misses marriage, so she marries Dr. Teodoro Madureira (Mauro Mendonça). He is the opposite of Vadinho -- he has a great career, but he lacks passion. While Dona Flor is married to Teodoro, her late husband's ghost appears. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered May 14 Buy Now

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      ANDERSON G "Dona Flor and her two husbands" was a landmark in national cinema and seeing the film for the first time is completely understandable, we have a film that dares far beyond what was expected, which flirts with polygamy, sin, religious plurality, female sexuality and various other themes hitherto little explored, or explored in caricature and critical ways, not here, we have a story that flows perfectly with charismatic characters, broken and involved in a story that unfolds among several analogies and seems much deeper than it appears. The script tells the story of Floripedes, a woman who maintains a cooking school and is married to Vadinho, a bohemian, womanizer and gambler, it is better not to delve too deeply into synopses, as this can end up spoiling the viewer's experience a little, Bruno Barreto, the successful director who directed the feature, knew how to use, in the first instance, a sublime aesthetic, which from the very beginning manages to mix surrealism with a striking score, which is presented to us in different tones composed by Chico Buarque, O Bruno Barreto's use of camera is also very good, using a lot of zoom in, wide shots and a camera that always seeks to follow the intimacy of his characters, combining framings as if they were paintings together with a poetic text, it's a mixture that combines and exposes the affliction of our protagonist. In terms of acting Sonia Braga starts a little distant from the audience, but soon her performance takes a confusing shape and manages to convey the duality of feelings of her character, on the other hand, José Wilker playing the controversial Vadinho is too good, stealing the scene whenever he gets In fact, one of the few problems with the film is precisely the period of time that the character leaves the screen, in these moments time passes slowly and we feel the weight of the minutes leaving the work a little boring, another criticism is when the sound of the film, we clearly felt the finger of post production when it comes to remixing, but that doesn't even come close to spoiling our experience."Dona Flor and her two husbands"  is a film ahead of its time, brave, very well directed and acted, a landmark of national cinema that lives up to its fame. 9/10 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/19/22 Full Review Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Read the book decades ago as well as on PBS.. Seeing it again after so many years on the big screen was a real treat. Also, a big fan of Sonia Braga! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/16/20 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorite films of all time. When it came out in the theater I saw it three times in a row. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/20 Full Review Audience Member Seductive and funny, Dona Flor e seus Dois Maridos brings to the big screen a Jorge Amado's classic. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I remember going to see this movie, but it is who I went with is what I'll never forget. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Even with a farcical charm of its own, this is a terribly unfunny comedy that suffers from a complete lack of wit and pacing, taking too long to establish its premise by spending a lot of time on an unnecessary flashback in its first hour that doesn't have much to offer. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Elliott Stein Village Voice It's a slight work, slackly directed, that gets a needed boost from Braga's endearing performance and Chico Buarque's intoxicating score. Apr 22, 2004 Full Review Imran Khan PopMatters Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is rich with sensuous detail that fills every scene with dizzying amounts of culture, music, and atmosphere. Jan 27, 2023 Full Review Lee Jutton Film Inquiry There’s no time like the present to revisit the supernatural throuple at the heart of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and be reminded that Sonia Braga is one of international cinema’s brightest-ever stars. Aug 13, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy An amusing and bawdy romp. Rated: 3/4 Jul 31, 2022 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation Perhaps the main reason this classic been so ripe for remakes is that the original, colorful as it is, has some pretty slack storytelling, a 90 minute yarn squeezed into a 110 minute sex farce. Rated: 3/4 Jul 27, 2022 Full Review Peter Canavese Celluloid Dreams Overlong and mostly flat sex comedy--some brilliant flourishes but it doesn't even seem interested in the complexity of its own premise either in its farcical possibilities or its implications about male/female relationships. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 26, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Dona Flor (Sonia Braga) marries Vadinho (José Wilker), who is very handsome and passionate, but doesn't work or offer much else. She is able to make money for the family by cooking for her neighbors, but she gambles away most of the money. One day, Vadinho suddenly dies. Dona misses marriage, so she marries Dr. Teodoro Madureira (Mauro Mendonça). He is the opposite of Vadinho -- he has a great career, but he lacks passion. While Dona Flor is married to Teodoro, her late husband's ghost appears.
      Director
      Bruno Barreto
      Screenwriter
      Bruno Barreto, Eduardo Coutinho, Leopoldo Serran, Jorge Amado
      Distributor
      New Yorker Films, Fox Lorber
      Production Co
      Embrafilme, LC Barreto
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy, Fantasy
      Original Language
      Portuguese (Brazil)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 21, 1977, Original
      Runtime
      1h 58m
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