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Love for Sale: Suely in the Sky (2007)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:13

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: After two years of living in São Paulo, Hermila returns to her village in northeastern Brazil with her newborn son, anxiously awaiting the arrival of her husband. Time passes slowly and the wait... After two years of living in São Paulo, Hermila returns to her village in northeastern Brazil with her newborn son, anxiously awaiting the arrival of her husband. Time passes slowly and the wait becomes an even heavier burden as she begins to realize that she's been abandoned. Her distress increases as she renews a relationship with an old boyfriend before deciding that she doesn't want to relive the past. Determined to raise enough money to escape her stifling hometown, she comes up with an unlikely prize to raffle off - one conceived during her chats with newfound friend and local prostitute, Georgina. Hermila adopts the name Suely, an act that distances her from her family and her past and signals the beginning of her journey toward new, open horizons. -- © Strand Releasing [More]

Starring: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, João Miguel

Starring: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, João Miguel, Georgina Castro, Claudio Jaborandy, Marcelia Cartaxo

Director: Karim Aïnouz

Director: Karim Aïnouz
Screenwriter: Karim Aïnouz, Mauricio Zacharias, Felipe Braganca
Story: Mauricio Zacharias, Karim Aïnouz
Producer: Walter Salles, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Hengameh Panahi, Thomas Haberle, Peter Rommel
Composer: Berna Ceppas, Kamal Kassin
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
10/18/08
Tom Beer
Tom Beer
Time Out New York

Yet another addition to that deplorable male fantasy on screen, namely that prostitution is a primary path to female empowerment and liberation.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
08/11/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

In the end, the story feels a little thin and we never feel like we've gotten close to Hermila, but then she's someone who doesn't seem willing to reveal all to anyone so maybe Ainouz' tone is a good fit for the film.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
11/17/07
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

...a well-observed slice of social realist cinema.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/10/07
Richard James Havis
Richard James Havis
Hollywood Reporter
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Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/30/07
Boxoffice Magazine

Gripping. Proves that subtlety is yet another of this fine filmmaker's strengths.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/17/07
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Pacing is a problem with Love For Sale, but meaning never is.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/17/07
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

Love for Sale is a small film, but is one with a big heart.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/17/07
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

Ainouz obviously knows his turf, and is in full control of the material and his actors.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/16/07
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Guedes is electrifying, and so un-Hollywood you have to cheer for the continuing health of Brazilian cinema.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/15/07
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

The steamy Brazilian drama Love for Sale takes a timeworn Hollywood premise -- down-on-her-luck woman turns hooker to survive -- and gives it an enthralling new twist.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/15/07
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post

Love for Sale has a deep sympathy for sexual free spirits in a rigid macho society.

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08/15/07
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Gives a whole new meaning to the word 'Powerball.'

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
08/15/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

A feisty single parent's startling plan to pull herself out of poverty by moving to another city.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/15/07
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

The story's one-note -- once you know the title, you pretty much get the gist.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/14/07
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice

Os quadros compostos por Aïnouz freqüentemente revelam um cuidado que transcende a estética, preocupando-se principalmente com o significado das composições ou mesmo com a sensação pura e simples transmitida ao espectador.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
07/20/07
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Aïnouz is deeply but unpretentiously attuned to the rhythms of small-town living.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/20/07
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Apart from a few tour de force dance scenes, though, the rhythm tends to drag.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/20/07
Deborah Young
Deborah Young
Variety
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