Bossa Nova (2000)

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Writers:

Alexandre Machado (writer)
Sérgio Sant'Anna (story)
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Release Date:

31 March 2000 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

The difference between "amor" and "love".

Plot:

Rio lawyer Pedro Paulo is recently separated from his travel agent wife Tania. His office has taken on an energetic new intern...

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Teacher | Soccer | Fantasy Sequence | Rio De Janeiro Brazil

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Amy Irving	...	Mary Ann Simpson
Antônio Fagundes	...	Pedro Paulo
Alexandre Borges	...	Acácio
Débora Bloch	...	Tânia
Drica Moraes	...	Nadine
Giovanna Antonelli	...	Sharon
Rogério Cardoso	...	Vermont
Sérgio Loroza	...	Gordo
Flávio São Thiago	...	Peçanha
Alberto de Mendoza	...	Juan
Pedro Cardoso	...	Roberto
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Trevor
Kazuo Matsui	...	Wan-Kim-Lau
Cássia Linhares	...	Reporter
Kate Lyra	...	English School Receptionist
Mara Carvalho	...	Tailor Shop Receptionist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marta Barcellos	...	Nurse
Mariana Crochemore	...	Lawyer
Andreia Fetter	...	Juan's Wife III
Ana Jansen	...	Juan's Wife II
Renata Leão	...	English Student
Pedro Neme	...	Priest
Lúcia Paiva	...	Juan's Wife I
Sandra Prazeres	...	English Student
Regina Sampaio	...	Law Office Receptionist
Erik Svane	...	U.S. Consulate official
Cristina Tozzi	...	Hospital Receptionist

Directed by
Bruno Barreto

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alexandre Machado		writer
Sérgio Sant'Anna		story "A Senhorita Simpson"
Fernanda Young		writer

Produced by
Bruno Barreto	....	executive producer
Lucy Barreto	....	producer
Luiz Carlos Barreto	....	producer
Marcelo Santiago	....	associate producer
Jaime A. Schwartz	....	associate producer (as Tuinho Schwartz)
Patricia Zerbinatto	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Eumir Deodato

Cinematography by
Pascal Rabaud

Film Editing by
Ray Hubley

Casting by
Marcela Altberg
Sheila Jaffe
Fernanda Ribas
Georgianne Walken

Art Direction by
Cassio Amarante
Carla Caffé

Costume Design by
Emilia Duncan

Makeup Department
Chris Bastos	....	makeup assistant (as Christiane Bastos)
Aloysio Lili Ferraz	....	makeup artist
Therezinha Nunes	....	makeup artist: extras

Production Management
René Bittencourt	....	production manager
JoAnn M. Laub	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vicente Amorim	....	assistant director
Daniela Braga	....	first assistant director
Rafael Salgado	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Shannon Robert Bowen	....	art production assistant: New York
Mônica Costa	....	set dresser
Cris Lobato	....	assistant set dresser
Sé Luca	....	assistant set dresser
Monica Rochlin	....	set dresser
Wagner Tavares	....	property master

Sound Department
Marina Adam	....	foley assistant
Felix Andrew	....	sound
Miriam Biderman	....	adr supervisor: Rio
Stuart Deutsch	....	boom operator
Rômulo Drummond	....	assistant boom operator
Mick Gormaley	....	assistant sound editor
Dan Korintus	....	sound editor
Brian Langman	....	sound editor
Tony Martinez	....	sound editor
Eliza Paley	....	supervising sound editor
Donna Powell	....	foley supervisor
Ian Rankin	....	foley recordist
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording engineer
Jeffrey Stern	....	supervising sound editor
Luke Thorpe	....	apprentice sound editor
Daniel Uriartt	....	adr recordist: Rio
Mark A. Van Der Willigen	....	production sound mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Matt McDonald	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Faissal Jr.	....	underwater camera operator
Anne Pinheiro Guimarães	....	video assist operator
Gustavo Hadba	....	Steadicam operator
Gustavo Hadba	....	camera operator
Jubel Magalháes	....	gaffer
Jubel Magrão	....	electrician
Rodrigo Monte	....	second assistant camera
Philippe Piron	....	first assistant camera
Fabián Silbert	....	first assistant camera
Pierre Vianna	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Julia Kim	....	casting assistant: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marta Carvalho	....	costume supervisor
Ilma da Costa Santos	....	wardrobe supervisor
Reka Koves	....	costume assistant
Patricia Monteiro	....	costume assistant
Ana Rosa	....	wardrobe supervisor
Ana Rosa	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Vera Bizinover	....	post-production assistant
Nick Dibeneditto	....	negative cutter (as Nick di Benedetto)
Fred Heid	....	color timer
Matt Mayer	....	first assistant editor
Carrie Puchkoff	....	assistant editor
David O. Rogers	....	second assistant editor
Renato Schvartz	....	first assistant editor: Rio

Music Department
Nicholas Meyers	....	music editor (as Nick Meyers)
Nicholas Meyers	....	music supervisor (as Nick Meyers)

Other crew
Karen Balbi	....	assistant: Amy Ivring
Randall Balsmeyer	....	title designer
Johnny Catrolli	....	location manager
Johnny Catrolli	....	set manager
Marcelo Eloy	....	production assistant
Barbara Harrington	....	dialogue coach
Fernanda Luz	....	script supervisor
Cristina Mattos	....	assistant: Bruno Barreto
Stephanie Wolf	....	post-production accountant

Thanks
Antonio Carlos Jobim	....	dedicatee
Sergio Mendes	....	special thanks
François Truffaut	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Comercio Internacional (Madeira) Ltda.
• Filmes do Equador
• Globo Filmes
• Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas
• Sony Corporation of America

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2000) (USA)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Also Known As:

Miss Simpson (Brazil) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Brazil | USA

Language:

Portuguese | English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:18SX (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Norway:A | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Soundtrack:

Useless Landscape

A gem of a movie for those of us of a certain age

I've had this video in my armoire for many months and finally got around to watching it last night. What a complete delight it was! Quirky, interesting, sweet-natured. As a middle-aged single I particularly enjoyed the romantic plot strand involving two people of my vintage. Amy Irving is incandescent as always. This movie has a wonderfully European (okay, Brazilian) feel and sensibility. Not the usual canned Hollywood fare.