The Passion According to G.H. (Portuguese: A Paixão Segundo G.H.) is a Brazilian drama film directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the novel of the same name by Clarice Lispector.[1][2] The film was expected to be released by the end of 2020, in celebration for Lispector's 100th anniversary,[3] before being delayed. The film was released in Brazilian theatres on April 11, 2024.
| The Passion According to G.H. | |
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| Portuguese | A Paixão Segundo G.H. |
| Directed by | Luiz Fernando Carvalho |
| Screenplay by | Melina Dalboni Luiz Fernando Carvalho |
| Based on | A Paixão Segundo G.H. by Clarice Lispector |
| Produced by | Luiz Fernando Carvalho Paulo Roberto Schmidt Marcio Fraccaroli Veronica Stumpf |
| Starring | Maria Fernanda Cândido |
| Cinematography | Paulo Mancini Miqueias Lino |
| Edited by | Marcio Hashimoto Nina Galanternick |
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| Distributed by | Paris Filmes (Brasil) Nitrato Filmes (Portugal) |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Plot
editRio de Janeiro, 1964. After suffering the end of a love affair, G.H., a sculptor from Copacabana's artistic elite, decides to clean her apartment by herself, starting with the maid's room. The day before, the maid had quit. In the room, G.H. faces a huge cockroach that reveals her own horror of the world, a reflection of a society full of prejudice against beings it treats as subordinate. Facing the insect, G.H. descends into an existential Via Crucis. This experience leads to the loss of her identity and makes her question all conventions that imprison females to this day.
Cast
edit- Maria Fernanda Cândido[4] – G.H.
Production
editThe Passion According to G.H. is the second feature film by filmmaker Luiz Fernando Carvalho after the award-winning To the Left of the Father (Portuguese: Lavoura Arcaica) (2001), also a cinematographic version of a classic of Brazilian literature. It was during the editing of "Lavoura Arcaica" that Luiz Fernando Carvalho had contact with G.H. - the central novel of Clarice Lispector's work. Throughout his career, Luiz Fernando Carvalho directed several TV productions based on literature, such as Os Maias, by Eça de Queiroz (2001); Capitu, by Machado de Assis (2005); A Pedra do Reino, by Ariano Suassuna (2007); Dois Irmãos, by Milton Hatoum (2017); and the mini-series Correio Feminino (2013), inspired by chronicles written by Clarice Lispector in the 1950s and 1960s.
Filming
editThe Passion According to G.H. was filmed entirely in a penthouse of the neighborhood of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
References
edit- ^ Guilherme Genestreti (28 November 2018). "Após Lavoura Arcaica, Luiz Fernando Carvalho adapta obra de Clarice". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Alessandro Giannini (6 December 2017). "Luiz Fernando Carvalho retoma carreira como diretor de cinema em SP". O Globo. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Celia Musilli (11 January 2020). "Iluminações e Assombros Literários". Folha de Londrina. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Alessandro Giannini (6 December 2017). "Maria Fernanda Cândido estará em versão para cinema de "A Paixão Segundo G.H."". O Globo. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
"Tenho uma afinidade grande com o Luiz. Esse aprofundamento que ele propõe é fundamental para realizarmos e desenvolvermos um trabalho. Gosto de como ele leva tudo isso e como propõe o laboratório".