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"Betrayal"
"Traição"

The feature film "Betrayal" consists of 3 episodes - each featuring one director - based on 3 short stories written in the late 50´s by Nelson Rodrigues, Brazil´s foremost playwright.

Each episode is a complete story featuring ordinary, urban, family tragedies of everyday´s life. In common, the focus on marriage and betrayal.

Betrayal´s star - studded cast features 6 generations of Brazilian actor, Including Brazil´s Grand Dame Fernanda Montenegro (Best Actress, Berlin Film Festival ´98) - to whom Nelson Rodrigues wrote several of his plays - and Cannes Festival´s Best Actress ´86 Fernanda Torres).

By setting each episode in a particular decade, the directors Arthur Fontes, Claudio Torres and josé Henrique Fonseca - all in their 30´s - give, each, a individual and peculiar rendering of Rodrigues´ obsession with the subject of marriage, family values and moral.

Betrayal mark the film début of TV and advertising directors, Claudio Torres and José Henrique Fonseca. Artur Fontes, ´ firt short film - " Trancado" - won the Best Short Film award in the FestRio festival (Brazil) in 1989 and was shown at the Festival of Sundance (USA).

" I believe Claudio Torres will be in the forefront of the next wave of Brazilian cinema (...) Betrayal´s episode, 'Cachorro!' that José Henrique Fonseca directed and acted in, is probably the most promising debut of the new Brazilian cinema wave" says film director Walter Salles.

 
General Information

Title:
Traição - 3 Histórias de Nelson Rodrigues
Betrayal - 3 stories by Nelson Rodrigues

Format:
Feature film, 35 mm, color

Soud:
Stereo, Dolby SR

Length:
110´

Year of Production:
1998

Production Companies:

  • Conspiração Filmes
  • Globosat
  • Ravina Produções

    Stage of Production:
    Completed

    Release Date In Brazil:
    Late 1998

    International distributor:
    Conspiração Filmes
    Praia de Botafogo, 228/18 Andar
    22250-040 Rio De Janeiro
    Brazil
    Tel: +55 (021) 553-0933
    Fax: + 55 (021) 553-4607
    e-mail: conspira@conspira.com.br
    Contact: Leonardo Monteiro De Barros, CEO

     

    		•  Credits

    Directors:
  • Arthur Fontes
  • Claudio Torres
  • José Henrique Fonseca

    Principal Cast:
  • Fernanda Montenegro
    (Best actress, Berlin Filme Festival´96)
  • Fernanda Torres86´
    (Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival'86)
    Drica Moraes - Ludmila Dayer - Daniel Dantas - Pedro Cardoso - Jorge Dória -
    Francisco Cuoco - Alexandre Borges - José Henrique Fonseca. - Tonico Pereira.


    Producers:
  • Flávio R. Tambelini
  • Leonardo Monteiro de Barros
  • Pedro Buarque de Holanda

    Executive Producers:
  • Augusto Casé
  • Rômulo Marinho
  • Tereza Gonzales

    Script:
  • Maurício Zacharias
  • Fernanda Torres / Claudio Torres
  • Patrícia Melo

    Directors of Photografhy:
  • Affonso Beato
  • Breno Silveira

    Art Directors:
  • Toni Vanzolini
  • Gualter Pupo

    Editors:
  • João Paulo de Carvalho
  • Sérgio Mekker

    Music:
  • Dudu Marote
  • Mauricio Tagliari and Apolo 9

    Soundtrack:
    Songs by João Gilberto, Tim Maia, and others.

    • Conspiração Filmes (Corporate Proflle)
    "A hot production firm"
    Variety
     
    A leading filmed entertainment company in Brazil, with a turnover of US$
    19 milion in 1997. Its TV and home video productions have been distributed
    in Brazil and internationally by Warner, EMI, PolyGram, MTV, Globosat, Amaya
    Distribution (Paris), PMI (London), RD Studio (Paris) And HBO.
     
    Recent productions include the feature film Traição, music documentaries
    for TV and home video on high-profile brazilian stars such a Caetano Veloso,
    Marisa Monte, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento; and several music videos,
    five of wich 1995-97 including "Music Video of the Year" for 3 years in a
    row.
     
    In preparation for 1998/99 are five new feature films, several documentaries
    and two TV series.
     
    With na average of 100 titles per year, Conspiração Filmes is Brazil's 2nd largest producer of advertising commercials. Its Credits include high - profile national and international brands such as Reebok, Honda, Puma, Pepsi Cola, 7 -up, Lux, nivea and Sprite, commissioned by Brazil’s leading agencies; Lowe Loducca, Almap/BBDO, F/nazca Saatchi, Standard Ogilvy & Mather, Jwt, W/Brasil, DPZ and DM9/DDB.
     
    Conspiração Filmes has offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It is 80% owned by 6 filme directors and 3 producers, and 20% by Icatu, a leading Brazilian financial conglomerate with interests in investment banking, insurance, consumer credit, real estate, asset management and entertainment.
     
     
    Conspiração Filmes (Credits)
     
    Feature Films
    Traição (1998. Release in late’98)
    Gêmeas (1998. In post - production)
    Eu Tu Eles (1998. In preproduction)
    Matador (1999. In preparation)
    Redentor (1999. In preparation)
    Bufo & Spallanzani (1999. In preparation)
     
    TV & Home Video
     
    TV Series
    Mandrake (4 x 45) (1999. In preparation)
    navegando o Brasil (13 x 45) (1999. In preparation)
     
    Documentaries:
    Marisa Monte - Mais (50’) (1991. distributed by EMI Music)
    Titãs - Tudo...- Agora (50’) (1993.distributed by WEA Music & MTV)
    Caetano Veloso - 50 anos (50’) 1993. distributed by PolyGram & Amaya)
    Marisa Monte - Barulhinho Bom (45’) (1996. distributed by EMI Music &PMI)
    Gilberto Gil - Tempo Rei (50’) (1996.distributed by WEA Music & HBO)
    Milton Nascimento - A sede do Peixe (70’) (1997.distributed by WEA Music & HBO)
    Paralamas em Close - Up (1998.in production)
    Pierre Verger (2x45’) (1998. In production)
    Heróis da Natureza (2x 45’) (1998. In production)
     
     
     
     
    Music Videos (Selection)
     
    Marisa Monte: "Segue o seco" (Music Video of The Year, MTV Brasil ’95), "Diariamente"and "Panis et Circienses"- Chico Buarque: "Paratodos - Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil: "Haiti"- Gilberto Gil: "Madalena"- Marina: "Beija Flor" (Best photography MTV Brazil’96) - Paralamas: "Lourinha Bombril" (Music Video of the Year, MTV Brazil’96) and "Busca Vida (Music video of the year, MTV Brazil 97) - Skank: "Garota Nacional"(Viewer’s Choice, MTV Brazil’96) - Gun (A&M/Great Britain - Carlinhos Brown: "A Namorada".
     
     
    Advertising (Selection)
     
    Honda (DM9/DDB)     - Reebok (Guimarães) - Puma ( W/Brasil) - Pepsi Cola (BBDO) - Sprite (Lowe Loducca) - Lux (JWT) - Kaiser Beer (DPZ) - Free Cigarretes (Ogilvy & Mather) - Antarctica Beer (DM9/DDB) - Excel Bank (Saatchi 7 Saatchi) - Nestlé (Norton SP) - Cigarros Derby (DM9/DDB) - Penalty (W/Brasil) Free Jazz Festival’95 (Ogilvy & Mather) - Tênis Tiger/Asics Gel (Z+G Grey).