Join us this Sunday, April 19, at 5pm EDT for a special conversation with Brazilian filmmaker Bruno Barreto on his 1976 international hit Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands / Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, presented by Sag Harbor Cinema and Cinema Tropical. The conversation will be streamed on Facebook Live, moderated by Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan, artistic director of Sag Harbor Cinema.
Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, the erotic Brazilian comedy Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sônia Braga in her breakthrough performance) after she is left a widow by the death of her wild, irresponsible husband. Determined to marry more wisely the second time around, Doña Flor weds a stable, but boring pharmacist who has no interest in sex. When she discovers that her new sex life is less than satisfying, Doña Flor is visited by the sexy ghost of her late husband. Dona Flor is currently playing in its virtual theatrical re-release in the U.S. by the hand of distributor Film Movement.
Bruno Barreto has been making feature-length films since he was seventeen years old and remains one of Brazil’s most accomplished and popular directors. Son of producers Luiz Carlos and Lucy Barreto he made his directing debut with Tati, Brazil's official entry at the 1973 Moscow Film Festival and was 22 when he scored an international hit with Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Barreto's English-language directorial debut, the political thriller A Show of Force (1990), was followed by Carried Away (1996), starring Amy Irving and Dennis Hopper. In 1997 Barreto made Four Days in September , a film about the 1969 kidnapping of the US Ambassador to Brazil, Charles Elbrick (Alan Arkin) which was nominated for an Academy Award Best Foreign Film. In Brazil his romantic comedy Bossa Nova (2000), also starring Irving, was followed by The Marriage of Romeo and Juliet (2005) and Caixa Dois (2007).
Sag Harbor Cinema is an exciting future non-profit venue in Long Island with three-screens dedicated to mainstream, independent, and foreign cinema.
