Film

The Desire

1975 · 1h 39m · Drama · Horror

IMDb

6.1

Widowed one year ago, Eleonora, a 33-year-old woman from Sao Paulo's upper bourgeoisie, lives alone, unsuited to her husband's absence, an intellectual frustrated and torn between the need for transcendence and a strong sexual compulsion. The life of the couple, although not happy, was intense. However, the presence of her a long-time friend Ana Maria, just arrived from Paris, a middle-class university student, is staying at his house. The two go to the site of Eleonora and she remembers her life with Marcelo and his death by drowning.

Fernando Amaral

Marcelo

Selma Egrei

Ana Maria

Lilian Lemmertz

Eleonora

Kate Hansen

Sérgio Hingst

Agar Amaral

• Walter Hugo KhouriDirector · Writer · Producer
• Heron D'ÁvilaExecutive Producer
• Antonio MeliandeDirector of Photography
• Maurício WilkeEditor

Release date

July 18, 1975

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama, Horror