Brazil / Dec 15, 1979
As Borboletas Também Amam (1979)
Directed by J.B. Tanko
1h 32minruntime
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Plot
Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | As Borboletas Também Amam |
| Original language | Português (PT) |
| Spoken languages | Português |
| Production countries | Brazil |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | J.B. Tanko Filmes, Ventania Filmes |
| Release date | 15 dicembre 1979 |
| Production | J.B. Tanko, Paulo Porto |
| Writer | J.B. Tanko |
| Editing | Manoel Oliveira |
| Cinematography | Antônio Gonçalves |
| Assistant directors | J.B. Tanko |
| Music | José Tavares, Onélio Motta |
| Sound | José Tavares, Onélio Motta |
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| Costume design | Antonio Pacheco |
| Makeup | Antonio Pacheco |
| Hairstyling | Antonio Pacheco |
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