In “Os Desafinados”, film of Walter Lima Jr. that opens on this Friday, Joaquim, Rodrigo Santoro’s character, tries the artistic career in the United States. Any similarity with the actor’s history, that is doing his own international carrer, is just coincidence. “Joaquim went to the United States dreaming to do the career. I was to promote ‘Abril Despedaçado’ and ‘Bicho de Sete Cabeças’, maybe that has wakened up myself that will”, tell the actor in the press conference for the movie, today, in Rio de Janeiro.

“I think it was an unconscious dream that I had”, told Santoro, before doing other parallel with the character. “We are two adventurers”, he said, referring to Joaquim’s courage and of his own to try the life in North America.

Protagonist of hot scenes with Cláudia Abreu’s character, the actor says that faces the sensuality that exists in the script naturally. “We are friends”, he minimizes. The fans curiosity with this things don’t bother him. “I don’t feel better nor sexier than nobody, but of course is good for the ego”, he told.

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Maria Rita concert and exhibition of “Os Desafinados” in Central Park open Cine Fest Petrobrás Brasil.

Central Park wins trail and style of Copacabana Beach tomorrow, in the opening of Cine Fest Petrobrás, stage of the internal circuit that happens in the Great Apple. The party will begins in great style, with a show of Maria Rita. Soon afterwards we’ll have the exhibition outdoors of “Os Desafinados”, (”Out of Tune”, the international title) of Walter Lima Jr., that opens in the end of the month in the Brazilian theaters. Until August 16 they will be exhibited more 13 films, among thrown them recently and other still unpublished.

The exhibition of “Os Desafinados” in NY wins importance because the city is character of the film, and it has a fundamental paper for the popularization of the Brazilian music. Director Walter Lima, that was there to exhibit his film in MOMA, speaks a little more on the subject: “We already showed the film in MOMA, in NY, for a vibrant audience and we will show it outdoors, in a big screen in Central Park, preceded by a show in commemoration of 50 years of the Bossa Nova opening the festival. My expectations with the film in the city are the best ones possible, since the filmings. During the presentation we will be present me, Rodrigo Santoro and Ângelo Paes Leme, and the members of the North American team”, tells Walter.

The film director insists in tells the importance of the city in his film: “It has a larger meaning in the expansion of the Brazilian music to the world. It was there that was made the first Bossa Nova international show, in Carnegie Hall’s fabled stage. The city is an icon of greatness and modernity, and it’s for there that goes all the talents that looked for recognition. It have an important paper in our characters’ path.”

Source: Globo Filmes

I just came to the Leonera official website and saw that there’s two pictures of Rodrigo as Ramiro. Just added it to the gallery.

I also was reading some reviews (specially Cannes reviews) about the movie, and saw very good reviews about the little (but important) Rodrigo performance.

Synopsis
Julia wakes up in her apartment, surrounded by the bloody bodies of Ramiro and Nahuel. Ramiro is still alive; Both have been, obscure and simultaneously, her lovers and one made Julia pregnant.
Julia is sent to a prison housing mothers and pregnant inmates. There she spends her first days absorbed and aloof. She hates to be a mother in this situation.
The child is born, a baby boy. Bringing up a child in prison is difficult and annoying. This just happened against her will. But more and more, Julia feels this boy is her only valued one left.

Julia visits Ramiro in the Men’s prison. The events of the night of the crime remain muddled for both, just as their feelings towards each other.

I got a really poor quality copy of the 1996 Sai de Baixo episode which Rodrigo did a great appearance. I tried to make some caps (actually I already did it), but it’s not the best caps you ever saw.

Also, my friend Mariana sent me scans from the latest “Revista de Domingo” (Sunday’s Magazine) from Jornal do Brazil, a newspaper from Rio de Janeiro. There’s 6 pages (8, plus cover and editorial) with pictures and information about Rodrigo’s new project, about football (soccer) player Heleno de Freitas.

Heleno de Freitas was a very good football player, but controversial, rude, temperamental, bohemian, that died at 39 years old of aneurysm (maybe because the life he lived, with drugs, alcohol, night and womens), after having gone in a mental institute, as crazy. As you can see, it will be a very strong role!

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• Sai de Baixo (1996) screencaptures
• Revista de Domingo, July 2008

First, I would like to say thank you for talented photographer Charline Messa for letting me use her pictures in my site.

Second, I saw Redbelt today. Good work, Rodrigo, you made me hate you for a while.

Added screencaptures from Redbelt, more posters and pictures taken in Sao Paulo Press Conference for Redbelt late June 17.

GALLERY LINKS
• Redbelt (2008) - Press Conference, São Paulo, June 17
• Redbelt (2008) - Posters
• Redbelt (2008) - Screencaptures

Finally the “Os Desafinados” official website is up and running. And full of goodies to us all!

I added to our gallery stills (both MQ and HQ), wallpapers, posters and replaced the old trailer screencaptures to HQ ones.

“Os Desafinados” opens August 29

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• Os Desafinados (2008) - Stills
• Os Desafinados (2008) - Poster
• Os Desafinados (2008) - Wallpapers
• Os Desafinados (2008) - Trailer Screencaptures

Academy Award-nominated director/writer David Mamet explores the world of martial arts with Redbelt on DVD and Blu-ray Disc August 26th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for the suggested retail price of $27.96 (DVD) and $38.96 (Blu-ray).

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Just found 4 new funny pictures from Rodrigo and Jim Carrey filming “I Love You Phillip Morris”. Also, added some “Os Desafinados” (mental note: can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait anymore!) to the gallery.

GALLERY LINKS
• Os Desafinados promo stills
• I Love You Phillip Morris movie set *updated

Leonera (Argentina-South Korea-Brazil)
By JAY WEISSBERG to Variety.com

Situated somewhere between neo-realist study and standard women in prison pic, “Lion’s Den” too frequently wanders into common territories to make the material its own, though pic’s overall style and Martina Gusman’s bold lead have a great deal to recommend them. Confirming the superb compositional eye he revealed in “Born and Bred,” helmer Pablo Trapero creates a suitably enclosed world focused on an accused pregnant murderess through jail and childbirth, witnessing the development of mother and child as the rusty wheels of Argentinean justice creak slowly along. Modest arthouse play could ride the wave of Argentine cinema’s media attention.

“Lion’s Den” represents an adventurous non-Asian choice for Cineclick Asia’s co-production coin, joined with Trapero’s own company Matanza Cine and Walter Salles’ Videofilmes. Neither the picaresque comedy of Trapero’s popular breakthrough “Rolling Family” nor the melancholy meditation of “Born and Bred,” current offering is more a strongly sympathetic depiction of women serving time and raising kids behind bars. Obviously besotted with tykes himself, Trapero makes clear the problems stemming from cellblocks doubling as nurseries, but wisely skirts offering up elusive fix-alls.

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