The Book of Delights

Jun 10, 2022

1h 39m

★ 4.7

Overview

The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Big Bonsai

Cinematográfica Marcela

Rizoma Films

República Pureza Filmes

Canal Brasil

The Book of Delights Trailers

Cast

Lóri

Simone Spoladore

Ulisses

Javier Drolas

Davi

Felipe Rocha

Carlos

Gabriel Stauffer

Luciana

Martha Nowill

Diretora Miriam

Ana Carbatti

Mulher do maiô vermelho

Leandra Leal

Otto

Theo Almeida

Transa 1

Bruce Gomlevsky

Matheus

Rafael Tavares

Transa 3

Fernanda Chicolet

Diego

Javier Vázquez

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