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Reaching for the Moon is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Bruno Barreto released in USA on 9 august 2013 with Miranda Otto

Reaching for the Moon (2013)

Flores Raras

Reaching for the Moon
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Released in USA 9 august 2013
Length 1h58
Directed by
OriginBresil
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Romance
Rating69% 3.4932653.4932653.4932653.4932653.493265

Reaching for the Moon (Portuguese: Flores Raras) is a 2013 Brazilian biographical drama film directed by Bruno Barreto. The film is based on the book Flores Raras e Banalíssimas (in English, Rare and Commonplace Flowers), by Carmem Lucia de Oliveira.

The film dramatizes the love story of the American poet Elizabeth Bishop and the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Set largely in Petrópolis between the years 1951 and 1967, the film tells the story of Bishop’s passionate and often tumultuous life with Soares in Brazil.

Synopsis

À Rio de Janeiro, dans les années 1950-60, la relation amoureuse de la poétesse Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) et de l'architecte Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires).

Actors

Miranda Otto

(Elizabeth Bishop)
Tracy Middendorf

(Mary Morse)
Glória Pires

(Lota de Macedo Soares)
Treat Williams

(Robert Lowell)
Lola Kirke

(Margaret)
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