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Love for Sale

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Abandoned by her husband, a woman (Hermila Guedes) organizes a raffle with herself as the prize.

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Richard James Havis The Hollywood Reporter 09/10/2007
...a well-observed slice of social realist cinema. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray AV Club 08/17/2007
B-
Pacing is a problem with Love For Sale, but meaning never is. Go to Full Review
John Anderson Newsday 08/15/2007
3.5/4
Guedes is electrifying, and so un-Hollywood you have to cheer for the continuing health of Brazilian cinema. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/14/2021
Here too are more or less straightforward events and a sympathetic approach. People's great difficulties as well as their pleasures are taken seriously. Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter 05/21/2020
The story's underlining sadness is cushioned by lovely comic touches... Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Gay City News 03/09/2018
The film never integrates its taste for beautiful landscapes with its devotion to the quotidian: the two rest side by side without gelling. Go to Full Review
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07/01/2015 Brazilian neorealism at its best. Karim Aïnouz, my absolute favourite contemporary Brazilian director, once again does not disappoint with this mix of documentary and fiction shot without the aid of artificial lighting. Don't be intimidated by the pace or the horrible English title, there are great lessons about anonimity and our longing for affection to be learnt here. See more 09/20/2012 Mostra um Brasil cru e real, sem filtros, em que as dificuldades e as circunstâncias fazem as pessoas tomarem decisões difíceis, mudando a visão de vida e a própria vida de modo irreversível. Os atores estão ótimos, conseguindo passar toda essa tristeza às vezes só com o olhar. De emocionar mesmo. Achei o filme todo muito melancólico, mas o final é de uma tristeza difícil de digerir... See more 05/20/2011 Très bon film qui parle des jeunes brà (C)silliennes du pays. See more 10/22/2010 Me deja un poco indiferente... Correcta, pero sin que termine por preocuparme por los personajes. Lo mejor: la prota y la versión brasileña de Torn Lo peor: si la cámara no tiene suficiente rango dinámico, por qué rodar tantas escenas de noche? See more 10/15/2010 Well-made, but a bit boring and depressing. The cover song of "Everything I Own" is very pretty and apropos. See more 12/30/2009 I saw this with English subtitles. I did not find it outstanding, but worth watching. Is it a comment on the few choices a Brazilian woman has - especially one with a child? Her husband abandons her, and she is left to raise their son with no income in a dead town - even his mother is no help. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Abandoned by her husband, a woman (Hermila Guedes) organizes a raffle with herself as the prize.
Director
Karim Aïnouz
Producer
Walter Salles, Maurício Andrade Ramos, Hengameh Panahi, Thomas Häberle, Peter Rommel
Screenwriter
Karim Aïnouz, Felipe Bragança, Mauricio Zacharias, Simone Lima
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Shotgun Productions, VideoFilmes, Fado Films, Celluloid Dreams
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 15, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.0K
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD
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