Os Desafinados (2008)

Director:

Walter Lima Jr.

Writers:

Walter Lima Jr. (screenplay)
Suzana Macedo (writer)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Plot:

'Slightly Out Of Tune' is about a group of friends who come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Bossa Nova | Love Triangle | Politics | Rio De Janeiro Brazil

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Rodrigo Santoro	...	Joaquim (young) / Antonio Goldfaber
Cláudia Abreu	...	Glória
Selton Mello	...	Dico - young
Alessandra Negrini	...	Luiza
Ângelo Paes Leme	...	Davi - young
Jair de Oliveira	...	Geraldo - young
André Moraes	...	Paulo Cesar - young
Genésio de Barros	...	Davi - old
Antonio Pedro	...	Paulo César - old (as Antonio Pedro Borges)
Vanessa Gerbelli	...	Dora
Arthur Kohl	...	Dico - old
Benê Silva	...	Geraldo - old
Renato Borghi	...	Cônsul Carlos José
Michel Bercovitch	...	Leon
Ailton Graça	...	Smuggler

Also Known As:

Out of Tune (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

Brazil:139 min | Germany:128 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese | English | French | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Ravina Filmes

Soundtrack:

Insensatez

Epically out of tune

I recently saw this at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival. A fictional early 1960's Brazillian Bossa Nova band is getting in on the beginning of the the Bossa Nova sound that would soon sweep around the world. They manage to get the attention of music publisher who acquires the North American rights to one of their songs and with their feet slightly in the door of the big time music world they head to New York as a struggling band to try to make the big time. from writer/director Walter Lima Jr. this film sets out promisingly enough but soon loses its way. It becomes a romance story and plods along without any romantic sparkle and as it turns into the mid 1970's the band is back in Brazil as the film continues to aimlessly plod along until it suddenly becomes a political story. Despite a great soundtrack containing portions of some great Brazillian music this film never finds itself and is basically all over the place. It tries to be an epic but is too long and tedious and quickly becomes boring. Being a big fan of Brazillian jazz, Bossa Nova and Samba I was disappointed this and would give it a 6.0 out of 10 and would not recommend it.