A Summer Rain (Portuguese: Chuvas de Verão) is a 1978 Brazilian comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Diegues. It tells the story of Afonso, a newly retired sixty-five-year-old man who falls in love with his neighbor.
^ "Chuvas de Verão" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "A Summer Rain (1978)". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
Synopsis
Afonso, veuf de 70 ans vivant dans une banlieue pauvre de Rio de Janeiro tombe amoureux d'Isaura, une femme du même âge que lui.
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