死者

本片是巴西著名实力派女演员FernandaMontenegro（《中央车站》）的银幕处女作，讲述一个遭受生活打击的女人一心求死的痛苦经历，也是她至今表演最成功的作品之一，首次获得了巴西电影节最佳女主角奖而成名。本片改编自NelsonRodrigues的戏剧，由新浪潮导演LeonHirszman执导。<br/>　　Womanwhoisobsessedwithdeathwantsafirst-classburialforherself,andevenbuysaluxurycoffinbeforehand.<br/>　　Zulmira(FernandaMontenegro)isawomanwhovisitsthedoctorwhenshedecidessheisdying.Thedoctorpronouncesthatsheisingoodhealth,butZulmirasetsasideasizeablesumofmoneyforherelaboratefuneral.Shecatchescoldandasksherhusband(IvanCandido)onherdeathbedtotakethemoneyfortheservices.Theroguishhusbandpasseshimselfoffasacousinandgivesherthecheapestavailablefuneral.Hegoestoasoccergamewherehegamblesawaytherestofthemoneyandfallsapartemotionallyinthisgrimandsatiricalcomedydrama.<br/>　　LeonHirszman'sfilmspursuethesubtleandthepsychologicalsearchingforthecontradictionsofcharacter.AFALECIDA(THEDECEASEDWOMAN,1965)willsherowndeathinanticipationofheropulentfuneral.Herhusband,followingherinstructions,discoversherrichandcorruptformerloveranduncoversapassionateandabandonedsideofthewomanwho,withhim,hadalwaysbeenneurotic,repressedandobsessive.<br/>　　ThisfilmwasbasedinaNelsonRodrigues'story.It'saboutamarriedwoman,wholivesinasuburbinRiodeJaneiro.She'snothappyanddreamsofasophisticatedfuneralforherself.FernandaMontenegroisoneofthebestactressesofBrazilandNelsonRodriguesoneofthebestdramatists.Agreatdrama.