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Waiting
for the right song! But
what's the right song? It
could be a Jazz song, a Rock
song, a Bossa Nova, a Reggae,
Pop, Rap, Merengue, Hip Hop,
or Classical. Yes! It's
Classical Music, specifically
by Ludwig van Beethoven. The
preparation of a concert is
the basis of the plot of this
movie directed by Werner
Schumann, a Brazilian-German
filmmaker based in London.
Mr. Schumann created four
characters that are part of a
choir. They are strangers to
each other, but something
about them seems to be equal:
their tormented minds and
tuned voices. Antonia (Silvia
Monteiro), Paulo (Emanuel
Martinez), Francisca (Célia
Ribeiro), and Salomão (Paulo
Barato) wander through a
ghost metropolis,
Curitiba, in southern
Brazil as if they never
arrived and are not aware of
being there.
While they are preparing to
perform with the symphony,
they have to face ordinary
and bitter things: like a new
job in a call center for
Francisca; the loneliness of
Antonia, the maestro Paulo
watching his mother dying in
a hospital and Salomão
waiting for a phone call by
Beckett, or is it Godot?
Anyway, no one is happy. They
are miserable people waiting
for a glorious song, a song
that may never reach their
souls, and this causes
uneasiness for all of us, as
all good art should do in our
minds and hearts.
Silvia Monteiro
We must pay attention to the actress Silvia Monteiro who has an incredible
presence in the film. She elevated her character Antonia onto a level of anguish,
as if she were Blanche DuBois before meeting Stella and Stanley Kowalski in
Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire". Ms. Monteiro shows all
that just with her eyes, while we absorb everything intently. Actually, the entire
cast did a fine job. Mr. Schumann showed himself to be a talented director in
his smart choices. The B&W cinematography of Felipe Meneghel is splendid
and reinforces the sadness of the drama.
O Coro
is a movie to see and think
about our soul's emptiness. And philosophically, if we get to fill it, maybe we
could become superheroes for ourselves.
O Coro
is available on Amazon Prime Video, US;
and Amazon Prime Video, UK.
O Coro
(2010) Full Cast & Crew
LONGLANDS ENTERTAINMENT presents a WERNER SCHUMANN production
O Coro
(The Chorus) SILVIA MONTEIRO EMANUEL MARTINEZ PAULO
BARATO LALA SCHNEIDER CELIA RIBEIRO CLAUDETE PEREIRA JORGE
ED CANEDO LEA ALBUQUERQUE ORLANDO PINHEIRO DIMAS BUENO
YARA MARCAL JOÃO PAULO LEÃO PATRICIA SARAVY JEFERSON
MELLO MARCIA KAISER FATIMA CASTILHO MARCOS LISENBERG SILVIA
SUSS + Coro e Orquestra NOVA PHILHARMONIA Director of Photography
FELIPE MENEGHEL editing IURI FONSECA THOMAS DAVID Art Director
ZENOR RIBAS Costume TRICIA DE ALMEIDA SARITA BARROS Producer
Manager CARLA PIOLI Assistant Director EDUARDO SOBRINHO Sound Mixer
ROBERTO CARLOS DE OLIVEIRA BRUNO HACK Sound Designer SVEN
SERFLING Re-recording mixer JÖRG HÖHNE Screenplay WERNER
SCHUMANN ÉRICO BEDUSCHI Executive Producers GERALDO PIOLI
MONICA DRUMMOND WILLY SCHUMANN Co-Executive Producers ANTONIO
SPINA FILHO SERGIO IACOVONE Produced and Directed by WERNER
SCHUMANN
Photos Courtesy O Coro Publicity
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