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Reaching for the moon

Reaching for the moon

DVD 2014

A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Based on the true love story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares. This sumptuous English-language 50s period piece recounts the years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero where she would fall in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares.

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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 Fiction
Lesbians Fiction
Oliveira, Carmen L. Flores raras e banalíssimas. English Film adaptations
Poets, American Fiction
Soares, Lota de Macedo, 1910-1967 Fiction
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ISBN:
9781935423799
1935423797
Description:
1 videodisc (118 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical
video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Notes:
Title from container
Bonus features: featurette, theatrical trailer
Based on the book "Rare and commonplace flowers" by Carmen L. Oliveira
Miranda Otto, Glória Pires, Tracy Middendorf, Marcello Airoldi, Lola Kirke, Treat Williams
DVD ; 5.1 surround sound
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Control Number:
2311043
UPC:
754703764027
Other Authors:
Barreto, Bruno, film director
Chapman, Matthew, 1950- screenwriter
Globo Filmes (Firm), production company
L.C. Barreto (Firm), production company
Middendorf, Tracy, 1970- actor
Oliveira, Carmen L. Flores raras e banalíssimas. [DVD]
Otto, Miranda, actor
Pires, Glória, 1963- actor
Sayres, Julie, screenwriter
Wolfe Video (Firm), film distributor
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