Caiçara (film) explained

Caiçara
Director:	Adolfo Celi Tom Payne John Waterhouse
Producer:	Alberto Cavalcanti
Starring:	Eliane Lage Abílio Pereira de Almeida Carlos Vergueiro Mário Sérgio
Cinematography:	H. E. Fowle
Editing:	Oswald Hafenrichter
Music:	Francisco Mignone
Studio:	Vera Cruz
Distributor:	Universal Filmes Marte Filmes
Runtime:	92 minutes
Country:	Brazil
Language:	Portuguese

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Marina (Eliane Lage) finds herself the object of desire for her husband's business partner, Manuel (Carlos Vergueiro). While the two men fight to the death over her, Marina finds love with a passing sailor, Alberto (Mário Sérgio).^[2]

Cast

• Eliane Lage as Marina
• Abilio Pereira de Almeida as José Amaro
• Carlos Vergueiro as Manuel
• Mário Sérgio as Alberto
• Maria Joaquina da Rocha as Felicidade
• Adolfo Celi as Genovês
• Vera Sampaio
• Célia Biar
• Renato Consorte
• Luiz Calderaro
• José Mauro de Vasconcelos
• Zilda Barbosa as Diretora do orfanato

Production

It was shot between March and September 1950 in Ilhabela, São Paulo.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Caiçara . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305204633/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/AC8FBAF2-52BC-4309-A460-4A6EE040D320/year/1951.html . March 5, 2016 . 11 January 2009 . festival-cannes.com.
2. Book: Sadlier, Darlene J.. Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment. 1 October 2010. University of Illinois Press. 9780252092329. Google Books.
3. Web site: Caiçara . . 16 June 2014 . Portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112134/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID%3D010958&format=detailed.pft#1 . 4 March 2016 . dead .