Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

R

Released Jun 21, 1977

1h 58m

Comedy

Fantasy

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Dona Flor (Sônia 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.

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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

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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

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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

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

An amusing and bawdy romp.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 31, 2022

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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

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Sean Burns

WBUR’s Arts & Culture

You can see why the film took off the way it did, titillating arthouse audiences with its exotic earthiness and naughty humor.

May 8, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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Não há sol sem sombra nem Branco sem Preto, um excelente fime com base num melhor Romance de um enorme escritor Jorge Amado

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Talking about prodigy filmmakers, Xavier Dolan might feel threatened, at the age of 21, Brazilian director Bruno Barreto's third feature DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS (adapted from Jorge Amado's namesake novel), became the most successful film in Brazilian history, a record it would retain for about 35 years, and it launched its star Sonia Braga onto international stardom, who would reach the apogee in her iconic turn in KISS OF THE SPIDER MAN (1985, 9/10) as the embodiment of the titular spider woman. continue reading my review on my blog: http://wp.me/p1eXom-1W4

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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If you want to see a completely novel, sexy, charming, and magical tale of love folklore - I highly recommend this movie. The music, setting and beautiful cast are intoxicating.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

Dona Flor (Sônia 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
Producer: Luiz Carlos Barreto, Newton Rique
Screenwriter: Bruno Barreto, Eduardo Coutinho, Leopoldo Serran, Jorge Amado
Distributor: New Yorker Films, Fox Lorber
Production Co: Embrafilme, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 1977, Original
Runtime: 1h 58m

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