The Vulgar Hours (Portuguese: As horas vulgares) is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Rodrigo de Oliveira and Victor Graize based on the novel Reino dos Medas, by Reinaldo Santos Neves.[1]

The Vulgar Hours
Directed byRodrigo de Oliveira
Vitor Graize
Written byRodrigo de Oliveira
StarringJoão Gabriel Vasconcellos
Rômulo Braga
Tayana Dantas
CinematographyLucas Dolabella Barbi
Edited byLuiz Pretti
Production
companies
Patuléia Filmes
Pique-Bandeira Filmes
Distributed byPetrini Filmes
Release date
  • 27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$ 500,000

It was shot in black-and-white in Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo state, in 2011. The film Regular Lovers, directed by Philippe Garrel, served as a reference. The soundtrack was composed by Fabiano Aguilar and consists mostly of jazz.

Plot

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Lauro (João Gabriel Vasconcellos) is a young painter taken by an existential malaise. By dawn in the city of Vitoria, he walks and find some friends to say that those are his last hours of life.[2]

Cast

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  • João Gabriel Vasconcellos as Lauro
  • Rômulo Braga as Théo
  • Tayana Dantas as Ana
  • Higor Campagnaro as Fra
  • Thaís Simonassi as Clara
  • Sara Antunes as Júlia
  • Julia Lund as Erika
  • Raphael Sil as Negro
  • Abner Nunes as Eric
  • Murilo Abreu as Gil

References

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  1. ^ "As Horas Vulgares: Curiosidades".
  2. ^ "'As Horas Vulgares' chega ao circuito comercial do Estado - Gazeta Online - O maior portal do Espírito Santo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
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