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Paulo Coelho's Best Story

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Paulo Coelho (Júlio Andrade) overcomes a troubled life to become one of the most influential writers in Brazilian history.
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Bilge Ebiri Spirituality & Health 03/24/2020
This biopic about the internationally best-selling writer of The Alchemist isn't quite the hagiography you might expect. Go to Full Review Pablo Villaça RogerEbert.com 07/31/2015
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The Paulo Coelho portrayed here is a selfish, reckless, immature, spoiled and deeply boring person. Go to Full Review Joe Leydon Variety 07/31/2015
A dramatically flat and tediously disjointed drama that comes across as a standard-issue, cliche-littered, struggling-writer-finds-fulfillment biopic that has been cut-and-pasted into borderline incoherence. Go to Full Review Indra Arriaga Anchorage Press 06/20/2017
Unfortunately, Paulo Coelho's Best Story runs one hour and 52 minutes, and while the pace is good, that's one hour and 52 minutes the viewers will never recover. Go to Full Review Jordi Costa El Pais (Spain) 01/27/2017
A film where the director deploys energy and style, but also a noticeable inability to build a solid discourse around a figure like Coelho. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review David Noh Film Journal International 07/31/2015
A horrid case of ADD afflicts this would-be-serious attempt to capture the tumultuous life of an internationally beloved writer. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Daniel Augusto

Director

Júlio Andrade

Paulo Coelho

Ravel Andrade

Paulo Coelho (young)

Fabiana Guglielmetti

Christina Oiticicca

Lucci Ferreira

Raul Seixas

Enrique Díaz

Pedro Souza
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Synopsis Paulo Coelho (Júlio Andrade) overcomes a troubled life to become one of the most influential writers in Brazilian history.
Director
Daniel Augusto
Screenwriter
Carolina Kotscho
Distributor
Music Box Films
Genre
Biography, Drama, Music
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 52m