A Starry Sky (1996)

Dalva, a hairdresser who lives in the city of Sao Paulo, wins a trip to Miami in a hair styling contest. At the departure day, Dalva’s former fiance storms into her house and holds her and her mother hostage during his own despair.

A Starry Sky was considered by the Brazilian critics as one of the three most important movies of the 1990s.

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• World Premiere – 21st Toronto International Film Festival – 1996

  a production Casa de Produção

  feature film

  fiction

  71 min

  1996




• Paulo Vespúcio as Victor

  Leona Cavalli as Dalva

  Néa Simões as Mãe de Dalva

  Ligia Cortez as Repórter

  Rosa Petrim

  Norival Rizzo




• directed by Tata Amaral

  based on the novel “Um Céu de Estrelas” by Fernando Bonassi

  executive producers Renato Bulcão and Maria Ionescu

  screenplay by Jean-Claude Bernardet and Roberto Moreira

  cinematography Hugo Kovensky

  art director Ana Maria Abreu

  editing Idê Lacreta

  sound directing Eduardo Santos Mendes and João Godoy

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•  21st Toronto International Film Festival – World Premiere – 1996

  27th International Film Festival Rotterdam – selection to the ‘The Cruel Machine’ special section – 1998

  47th Berlin International Film Festival – selection to Forum Section – 1997

  Havana Film Festival – Best First Work (Tata Amaral), Special Prize of the Jury (FIPRESCI), Best Editing e Best Sound – 1997

  Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine – Special Prize of the Jury – 1996

  Boston Latino International Film Festival – Best Film – 1997

  Trieste Festival of Latin American Cinema – Best Film and Special Prize for Best Performance by an Ensemble – 1997

  Festival Films des Femmes de Créteil – Special Prize of the Jury – 1997

  29th Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema – Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Sound Editing and Special Prize of the UNESCO Jury – 1996

  São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards – Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress – 1996

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