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1998 film directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas

Midnight

Directed by	Walter Salles Daniela Thomas
Written by	Walter Salles Daniela Thomas João Emanuel Carneiro José de Carvalho
Starring	Fernanda Torres Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Cinematography	Walter Carvalho
Edited by	Felipe Lacerda Isabelle Rathery
Music by	Antônio Pinto Eduardo Bid Naná Vasconcelos
Production companies	Videofilmes La Sept Arte Haut et Court
Distributed by	Lumière Riofilme
Release dates	1998 (1998) (Locarno) October 29, 1999 (1999-10-29) (Brazil)
Running time	75 minutes
Countries	Brazil France
Language	Portuguese
Box office	R$347,917

Midnight (Portuguese: O Primeiro Dia) is a 1998 Brazilian-French drama film directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas for the 2000, Seen By... series.

Cast

Fernanda Torres as Maria
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos as João
Matheus Nachtergaele as Francisco
Nelson Sargento as Vovô
Tonico Pereira as Carcereiro
Áulio Ribeiro
Luciana Bezerra
Antônio Gomes
Nelson Dantas
Carlos Vereza
José Dumont

Production

Its production was ordered by the Franco-German TV network Arte that asked ten filmmakers of different countries about the turn of the century for the 2000, Seen By... project. A co-production with France, it was produced in three weeks with a low budget.

Reception

It won the 2000 Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American Film, and the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Actor (Nachtergaele), Director and Screenplay.

References

"Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
^ Barbosa, Rafhael (December 29, 2007). "Meu tempo é hoje". Gazeta de Alagoas (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
Boscov, Isabela (November 3, 1999). "Uma deprê total". Veja (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
"Ariel > Ganadores y nominados > Walter Salles" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
"Depois do 'Oscar', governo muda regras do cinema". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. February 14, 2000. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

External links

Midnight at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Walter Salles
A Grande Arte (1991) Foreign Land (1995) Central Station (1998) Midnight (1998) Behind the Sun (2001) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Dark Water (2005) Linha de Passe (2008) On the Road (2012) I'm Still Here (2024)

v t e Films directed by Daniela Thomas
Foreign Land (1995) Midnight (1998) "Loin du 16e" in Paris, je t'aime (2006) Linha de Passe (2008) Sunstroke (2009) Vazante (2017) O Banquete (2018)

v t e 2000, Seen By...
The Book of Life (Hal Hartley) The First Night of My Life (Miguel Albaladejo) Frankfurt Millennium (Romuald Karmakar) The Hole (Tsai Ming-liang) Last Night (Don McKellar) La Vie Sur Terre (Abderrahmane Sissako) Les Sanguinaires (Laurent Cantet) Midnight (Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas) Tamas and Juli (Ildikó Enyedi) The Wall (Alain Berliner)
Film series by Haut et Court and Arte

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