Célia and Rosita
Short Film
Direction:
Gisella Bezerra de Mello
2000
After 18 years in cinema, having worked as assistant director on 31 feature-films, Gisella Melo made her directorial debut with “Célia e Rosita”. Using back-projections, Gisella pays tribute to the history of cinema and to the careers of two veteran actresses of the day, Célia Biar and Rosita Thomás Lopes, famous for their roles as Madams in the early days of Brazilian television. A co-production between Fita Gomada Produções and Franco Films.
Synopsis
A nonsensical comedy about the revenge of old age against the 20th Century. Two elderly ladies decide to change their destinies and histories in search of a new lease of life.
Information
Genre: Fiction
Language: Portuguese
Duration: 15 min
Lenght: 35 mm
Year of Release: 2000
Datasheet
Director: Gisella Bezerra de Mello
Executive Producer: Ailton Franco Jr.
Director of Photography: Paulo Jacinto
Sound Editing: Virgínia Flores
Script: Bárbara Harrington, Mathilda Kovack e Gisella de Mello
Art Direction: Henrique Mourthé e Bia Junqueira
Costume Design: Cristina Kangussú e Valéria Stefani
Music: Rodrigo Marçal – Cabelo
Sound: Wálter Goulart
Awards and Festivals
Best Short Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographic Research at the Festival de Cinema, Vídeo e D-Cine de Curitiba, in 2001
Best Art Direction and Adapted Soundtrack at Guarnicê do Maranhão, in 2001
TV Cultura Award - Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo, 2001.
Best Actress (shared by both protagonists) at the 7º Vitória Cine & Vídeo, 2001.