Winner: Audience Award: Brazilian FF, Paris.
Official Selection: Mix Brazil, Tribeca, Malbourne MQFF, Paris Brazilian FF, L.A, Frameline San Francisco, Warsaw...
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One of the most unique romantic comedies to emerge in years, Elvis & Madona is a colorful crowd-pleaser set in Rio de Janeiro's lively neighborhood of Copacabana. David Kwok (Tribeca)
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The Making of An Ironic Love Match
After ten years, the award-winning Latin American documentarian completed his life-is-stranger-than-fiction romantic comedy. Through his film, he “reflects the endeavor of independent directors to realize their films” as well as contemporary Brazil’s progressive belief that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
One of the elements that make this film successful was his patient and determined casting search for two leads with the right chemistry. Laffitte found a perfectly matched couple in first-time actor Igor Cotrim, as Madona, and popular Brazilian TV and film actress Simone Spoladore (Desmundo, To The Left Of The Father) as Elvis. From their passionate and natural portrayal, the audience recognizes genuine love between two people, instead of focusing on their exotic sexuality. Denise Castillion
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Synopsis Elvis is a talented photographer and lesbian whose father is down on his luck financially. Since her photography isn't paying the bills, she gets a job delivering pizzas on her motorcycle. Madona is a ravishing blonde drag performer who works as a hairstylist by day and performs in Rio's drag clubs at night. The pair's paths cross when Elvis arrives at her first delivery only to find Madona robbed and beaten by her sometime lover John Tripod. From this first meeting, their lives will increasingly intertwine as love and desire begin to emerge.
Cast: Simone Spoladore, Igor Cotrim, Sergio Bezerra, Maite Proenca, Jose Wilker, Wendell Bendelack Available: Worldwide except Brazil/HD/35mm/Color/105 minutes/Genre: Comedy
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