The Agony
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Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car when passing by a woman who walks by the roadside. Strongly painted lips, printed dress with round skirt and red shoes matching the color of the lipstick, she catches his attention. He gives her a ride, the two of them stare in silence for a few moments. They introduce themselves to one another and between the two establishes an absurd dialogue and full of metaphors. And they are driving around in corners of Rio de Janeiro, to the sound of Noel Rosa and Lamartine Babo. Eva and Antena, she a seer, he, an assassin on the run, initiate an unusual case of love, a marginal love, where boredom often gives way to tragedy, creating the agony of a holiday spent in an abyss.
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Cast
12 people
Joel Barcellos
Antena, o malandro
Also in
Secrets of Sand
Rio Babilonia
Maria Gladys
Eva, a vidente
Known for
If I Were You 2
Renato Laclete
Grande Otelo
Sinhô
Known for
Fitzcarraldo
Macunaima
Wilson Grey
Mudo
Known for
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sandra Pêra
Aurora
Known for
O Concurso
Kleber Santos
Estrangulador
Also in
The Monsters of Babaloo
The Rowdy Family
Renato Laclette
Guará Rodrigues
Also in
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Crazy Love
Ivan Cardoso
Also in
A Star for Ioiô
The Mandarin
Leovegildo Cordeiro
Known for
Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões
Júlio Bressane
Also in
Lágrima Pantera: A Míssil
Naive Cinema
Júlio Bressane Director · Leovegildo Cordeiro Editor Dolores Costume designer
Worldwide gross $8M · Budget $7.2M · First release December 30, 1976
Box office
Budget
$7,175,000
Worldwide gross
$8,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Julio Bressane Produções Cinematográficas
Production
Embrafilme
Production · Distribution
Brazil
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Languages
Original title
A Agonia
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · December 30, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
December 5, 1980 · Theatrical · Sesc SP (Cinemateca Brasileira)
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