O Cheiro do Ralo

O Cheiro do Ralo (Drained)
Directed by	Heitor Dhalia
Produced by	Heitor Dhalia Joana Mariani Marcelo Doria Matias Mariani Rodrigo Teixeira
Written by	Marçal Aquino Heitor Dhalia Lourenço Mutarelli (novel)
Starring	Selton Mello Paula Braun Lourenço Mutarelli Sílvia Lourenço Lorena Lobato Alice Braga
Release date(s)	2007
Running time	112 min
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

O Cheiro do Ralo is a movie based in a novel by Lourenço Mutarelli directed by Heitor Dhalia, starring Selton Mello. The film was produced by Geração Conteúdo, Primo Filmes & RT Features.

Plot

Lourenço is a lonely figure, who buys used goods from people going through hard times. His profession has made him insensitive to his seller's conditions or personal stories. Lourenço's lack of emotions makes him deal with the world as a collection of objects to be bought. His main pleasure has become to conduct some perverse power games with his sellers. The planned life of Lourenço is interrupted when he falls in love with a waitress's butt. As any other object his main desire is to own it. The movie conduct us through Lourenço's mind using his as a narrator while his desire for power grows. The name of the movie ("Drain's Smell") comes from an insistent bad odor that comes from Lourenço's office restroom. It represents the self-awareness of Lourenço's condition, which he unsuccessfully keeps trying to hide.

Festival career

• Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
  • Best Latin American Film (FEPRASCI award)
  • Special Jury Award
  • Best Actor (Selton Mello)
• Mostra BR - São Paulo International Film Festival
  • Best Film (Bandeira Paulista Award)
  • Critic Award
  • Special Mention to the Film's Cast

• O Cheiro do Ralo has been selected for the International Competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival^[1]

References

1. ^ [1] Robert Koehler. Drained movie review. Variety Sundance Festival reviews.

External links

• O Cheiro do Ralo (Drained)
• O Cheiro do Ralo (Drained) at the Internet Movie Database