The Other Side of the Street
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0712267250028
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Strand Releasing
Languages: EnglishSubtitledPortugueseOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Strand Releasing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Strand Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 19, 2005
Running Time: 98 minutes
Studio: Strand Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:Description:Suspicious minds and autumnal romance cross paths in this Brazilian film from director Marcos Bernstein. Regina who works for the neighborhood watch in Copacabana believes she has witnessed a murder in a building across the street. She ends up getting involved with the suspect in a dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock in her life in a way she could never have imagined.
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Regina (the Bette Davis of Brazil, Fernanda Montenegro) lives alone, is getting on in years, has a trusty dog and a big yen to be Miss Marple as a member of Brazil's Senior Watchdog Service: a nifty idea that keeps seniors involved and utilizes their already well developed tendencies for snooping.
Armed with her binoculars and sitting in her armchair, Regina witnesses, what she thinks is a murder across the street in another apartment...performed by the mysterious, ex-judge Carmago (Raul Cortez). ...
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The Other Side of the Street starts off as a Brazilian take on "Rear Window," with Fernanda Montenegro, playing Regina, an elderly woman who has isolated herself from family and friends, using her binoculars to spy on her neighbors on the building across the street. She claims to have seen an elderly judge kill his wife, but when the police decides to drop the investigation, she takes manners in her own hands.
However, instead of a whodunit, what we get to see is an intelligently and touchingly ...
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Writer Marcos Bernstein ('Central Station') takes a step forward as Director of yet another soulful and touching film about aging and the loneliness and isolation that surrounds our older generations. Together with Melanie Dimantas he has written a story that is not only intriguing as a suspense tale, but it is also one of the most moving love stories between older people that has graced the screen.
Regina (Fernanda Montenegro) lives alone with her devoted dog Betina, her only visits to family are ...
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