Watch: A Hora da Estrela 1985 123movies, Full Movie Online – Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the subways. She describes herself saying, “I am a typist and a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola.” Then she meets Olimpico, a north-easterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a Congressman..
Plot: Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
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Hour of the Star, a sad and depressing look at life in Brazil.
Hour of the Star (1985) is a straight forward look at life in poverty stricken Brazil. Away from the glitz and glamor of the popular traveler’s paradise and away from the tourist traps. Life is hard and the outlook is very bleak for the poor working class of Brazil. But one young woman is determined to live life to the fullest. She dreams of a future that only exists in her mind. No matter what situations life dishes out, she remains oblivious to reality and remains in a fantasy world searching for a man who’ll take her away from her life of poverty.Brilliant film. I watched this one in college and I was amazed by the film-making and the strong storyline. I couldn’t believe that people lived in such squalor (they make the ghettos look nice). People living on slave labor wages and doing everything they can to survive. I highly recommended this picture (if you can locate a copy).
Awesome film.
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Emotionally touching film about the poverty of the soul as much if not more so than economic poverty.
This film was an excellent metaphor for the depravation so many northern Brazillians experience when they imigrate to the coast in search of work, love, opportunity, and excitement.Macabea, the protagonist of the film, is an immigrant orphan from northern Brazil who comes to the city in search of economic prosperity. She lacks the education to find a descent job, the social skills to have friends or a boyfriend, and the etiquette in order to fit in in normal life.
She is portrayed as ugly, filthy, and disgusting. She lacks an understanding of proper hygiene, as shown several times throughout the movie when she does not wash her hands and, as a result, covers the papers she types in dirt and in a scene where she eats while urinating on a pot in the middle of the night.
She is a symbol of the depravation of so many northern and northeastern immigrants in Brazil.
The film is full of cleverly constructed imagery and symbolism. Depressing and sad, but genius.
Original Language pt
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Suzana Amaral
Writer Suzana Amaral, Clarice Lispector, Alfredo Oroz
Actors Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Country Brazil
Awards 11 wins & 1 nomination
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Sound Mix Mono
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Negative Format 35 mm
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Printed Film Format 35 mm