O Ébrio | |
Director: | Gilda de Abreu |
Producer: | Gilda de Abreu Adhemar Gonzaga |
Screenplay: | Gilda de Abreu (screenplay) Vicente Celestino (story) |
Starring: | Vicente Celestino Alice Archambeau |
Music: | Vicente Celestino |
Cinematography: | A.P. Castro |
Editing: | A.P. Castro |
Studio: | Cinédia |
Runtime: | 107 minutes |
Country: | Brazil |
Language: | Portuguese |
O Ébrio (English: The Drunkard) is a 1946 Brazilian film directed by Gilda de Abreu. The screenplay is based on a song by Vicente Celestino.[1] In addition to being the first female director of a Brazilian sound film, the movie enjoyed both commercial and critical success, garnering about 4 million viewers between 1946 and 1950. It is still regarded as "one of the great successes of Brazilian Cinema", according to film historian João Luiz Vieira.