Reaching for the Moon | |
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Directed by | Bruno Barreto |
Produced by | Paula Barreto Lucy Barreto |
Starring |
Glória Pires Miranda Otto Tracy Middendorf Treat Williams Marcello Airoldi Luciana Souza Tânia Costa Marianna Mac Nieven |
Music by | Marcelo Zarvos |
Cinematography | Mauro Pinheiro Jr. |
Edited by | Leticia Giffoni |
Distributed by |
Cinema Management Group (International Sales Agent) Imagem Filmes (Brazil) Leap Frog Films (Australia) |
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Running time
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118 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese English |
Budget | R$ 13,000,000 |
Reaching for the Moon (Portuguese: Flores Raras, "Rare Flowers") 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.
Reaching for the Moon had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, before screening at Tribeca Film Festival and opening the 2014 Mardi Gras Film Festival.
Following the sold-out screenings at Mardi Gras Film Festival, distributor Leap Frog Films announced it was planning a limited release across Australia in 2014.
The International distribution rights are being licensed by Cinema Management Group.