Reaching for the Moon

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Product Description ------------------- This sumptuous English-language '50s period piece recounts the years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto, Lord of the Rings) when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero - where she would fall in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares (beautifully handsome Brazilian star Glória Pires). Review ------ Gorgeously against the lush postcard backdrops of 50s and 60s South America. --Entertainment Weekly Imagines Elizabeth Bishop s extraordinary relationship with the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares... a battle of creative and romantic egos. --New York Times P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director ------------------ BRUNO BARRETO (Director) Biography Born in1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Barreto has directed to date 18 feature films. His first was "Tati" in 1972, at the age of 17, followed by A Estrela Sobe (The Rising Star) and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, the biggest box office hit in Brazil until 2011, with more than 12 million tickets sold, and a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Among other notable films are: Four Days in September nominated for an O for Best Foreign Film in 1998, Bossa Nova (with Amy Irving and Antonio Fades), a valentine for the city of Rio de Janeiro where he was born, and Romeo and Juliet Get Married which won several best film (audience award) in many international festivals. Since 1990, Bruno Barreto has divided his career between Brazil and the United States, where he made six feature films with major stars such as Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, Kevin Spacey and Amy Irving in A Show of Force, Dennis Hopper and Amy Irving in Carried Away, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mike Myers in View from the Top. In 2005 Bruno Barreto returned to Brazil and based himself in São Paulo, where he made Romeo and Juliet Get Marred and Money on the Side. In 2007, BrLIMITED THEATRICAL: NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, ENCINO, PASADENA, WEST HOLLYWOOD, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN DIEGO uno directed Last Stop 174, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews and sold out screenings. Bruno has recently finished Reaching for the Moon, starring Miranda Otto and Glória Pires which tells the story of Elizabeth Bishop, one of the greatest poets of the English language, and her long relationship with the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. See more ( javascript:void(0) )