Little Book of Love

Jan 31, 1997

1h 31m

★ 5.7

Overview

Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruinous relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long marriage with divorce. When they both meet, chances that they can do well together are not that big. But they will try to, even if their friends Barata (a convict bachelor totally skeptical when it comes to love) and Marta (a mathematic analyst who wishes that human relations were just as exact as numbers are) think otherwise.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Cineluz

Lumière

Little Book of Love Trailers

Cast

Luiza

Andréa Beltrão

Gabriel

Daniel Dantas

Marta

Mônica Torres

Barata

Tony Ramos

Bel

Glória Pires

Alaor

José Wilker

Marcos Winter

Cristina Ferro

Cristina Amadeo

Maurício Farias

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