Vida de Menina explained

Vida de Menina
Director:Helena Solberg
Producer:David Meyer
Music:Wagner Tiso
Cinematography:Pedro Farkas
Editing:Diana Vasconcellos
Studio:Radiante Filmes
Distributor:Riofilme
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Brazil
Language:Portuguese

Vida de Menina is a 2004 Brazilian drama film. It was the first feature-length fiction film directed by Helena Solberg. The film is an adaptation of Minha Vida de Menina, the diary of Helena Morley.

It won five awards at the 2004 Gramado Film Festival.[1]

Cast

Plot

The film takes place in Diamantina, Minas Gerais in the period following the abolition of slavery in Brazil. It focuses on the life of Helena Morley, an adolescent who tells her daily life in her diary which, when published in the 1950s, became internationally famous.

Notes and References

  1. News: Helena Solberg, a única mulher do cinema novo, ganha retrospectiva. April 5, 2014. Rubin, Nani . O Globo. July 8, 2014. pt.