The Game Boys
No Meio da Rua
Directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura / 2006 / 84´
Color
Selling Points
- All the main children actors won prizes as best actors at one of the most important Brazilian film festivals, competing
with adult actors (Recife, 2005)
Synopsis
A rich kid lends his Gameboy to a poor kid that performs juggling tricks at the stoplights. Reprehended by his parents, the rich kid
sneaks out of school to get his game back, but finds it was stolen from the poor kid by two older kids that work as look-outs for the
drug trade. To get the game back the rich kid, with the help of the poor kid, embarks on an adventure the will change him forever.
Stage of Production: Completed
Genre: Family Film
Cast: Guilherme Vieira, Cleslay Delfino, Flavia Alessandra. Tarcisio Filho, Maria Monnerat
Language: Portuguese Subtitles Available: English
Territories Available:
Awards: Recife Festival, 2005: Best Actor (Guilherme Vieira, Cleslay Delfino) Best Supporing Actress (Maria Monnerat), Festival
Internacional de Cinema Infantil, Madrid, 2006: Best Film, Children´s Jury, 3° Cineport, International Festival of Portuguese Language
Films: Best Film for Children .
Production Company: Canto Claro Produções
About the director: Antonio Carlos da Fontoura produces, writes and directs for cinema and television. Some of his most relevant works
are the documentary films HEITOR DOS PRAZERES, VER OUVIR, BRASÍLIA SEGUNDO ALBERTO CAVALCANTI and OURO PRETO & SCLIAR; the
feature films COPACABANA ME ENGANA, A RAINHA DIABA, CORDÃO DE OURO, ESPELHO DE CARNE, UMA AVENTURA DO ZICO, NO MEIO
DA RUA and GATÃO DE MEIA IDADE; the TV series CIRANDA CIRANDINHA, PLANTÃO DE POLÍCIA, VOCÊ DECIDE, BRAVA GENTE and CARGA
PESADA; and the mini-series CHAPADÃO DO BUGRE and CAPITÃES DA AREIA. Many of his pictures have an extensive official participation in
cinema festivals in Brazil and all over the world.
ADDITIONAL INFO
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Material available: Beta (English), DVD (English), 35mm (English)
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