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A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 20 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaFour paragraphs appear between the end of the film and the beginning of the credits.
1. "Few women write major poetry. Only four stand with our best men: Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop and Sylvia Plath." - Robert Lowell
2. "I'd rather be called the 'The 16th Poet' with no reference to my sex, than one of 4 women - even if the other three are pretty good." - Elizabeth Bishop
3. Elizabeth Bishop died in 1979 in the United States. She is considered on the most important poets of the English language.
4. In 2012, UNESCO declared the city of Rio De Janeiro a World Heritage site. The Flamengo Park is one of its main attractions.
- GoofsOpening in 1951 but Bobby Vinton singing Blue Velvet was not until 1963.
- Quotes
Elizabeth Bishop: It's OK. I'm not drunk. I'm just crying in English.
- Crazy creditsNine of the main performers (the first 10) are listed in the credits without the name of their character. Only Treat Williams is credited as his character, Robert Lowell.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Programa do Jô: Episode dated 26 August 2013 (2013)
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I just finished watching this on Netflix streaming. I will be honest, I had not heard of either Elizabeth Bishop (not a poetry reader) or Lota de Macedo Soares (don't know that much about Brazilian history). What an explosion of a true story. I was memorized. Miranda Otto, who always delivers a great performance in everything that I've seen her in, was amazing. Her character was such a conflicted person and she came out doing it brilliantly! Now, for Gloria Pires, she was a force to be reckoned with. I can't say anymore than that. When she was on the screen, it was hard to NOT to look at her. Tracy Middendort was heart wrenching as the jilted lover. I could feel what she was going through because haven't we all had to do that at one time or another? Brava to all three leading ladies. Their performances were excellent and so true to life!
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- VintageSoul56
- Apr 5, 2014
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- Also known as
- The Art of Losing
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,502
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,573
- Nov 10, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $1,534,391
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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