Reaching for the Moon 2013 123movies

Watch: Flores Raras 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – Grappling with writer’s block, legendary American poet Elizabeth Bishop travels from New York City to Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s to visit her college friend, Mary. Hoping to find inspiration on her sprawling estate, but she winds up with much more – a tempestuous relationship with her bohemian partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares, that rocks the staid writer to her foundation. Alcoholism, geographical distance and a military coup come between the lovers, but their intimate connection spans decades and forever impacts the life and work of these two extraordinary artists..
Plot: In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
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	6.9/10 Votes: 3,338
	67% | RottenTomatoes
	44/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 81 Popularity: 7.214 | TMDB

Reviews:

Gorgeous, real, richly evocative on many levels
Reaching for the Moon (2013)

Wonderful! The story of the Brazilian years of the great North American poet, Elizabeth Bishop. There are so many beautiful aspects to the characters, their setting, and their relationships it’s hard to know where to begin. And even better, on top of all this, is the historical recreation of the times, and the changing political climate of Brazil. It’s touching and uplifting and tragic.

The original title of this is “Flores Raras” because these were indeed rare people, and doing beautiful things. And yes, they were reaching for the moon but you might rather say they reached the moon. Succeeding at something is more than literally fulfilling.

The plot has a slightly meandering, unfamiliar arc through the main events, and there are times when you think one thing and then suddenly another happens. Don’t blame bad writing, but rather realize that this is how life is, and how it really was. Remember as well that these are artists of privilege at work, they have money and education and act with a kind of license and liberation that we all should feel. And so it’s unpredictable.

As a kind of true insight into the poetic process you might find few parallels in the movies. You learn their temperaments, and how circumstances make the artist and the poet come to their best. The intimate circumstances are about love, a really true deep love that grows between these two women. Their professional needs reinforce and conflict with their personal needs, but they make it work.

The outside circumstances are hard to understand from 2014. Brazil was once a very different country, filled with far more freedom and sense of liberation. (This seems to be a direction that are pointed in again, though going through fits and starts.) But the world in post-War Brazil was one of possibility. It was a haven (not just for ex-Nazis) and a growing “New World,” but it was also stuffed with poverty (which the movie ignores), a legacy still at hand.

And this is exciting stuff. The movie moves mostly through the confines of their big, gorgeous estate in the hills, but it also shows us the city, and the larger world. So Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares, an important architect of the era. grow and suffer and see their world fall apart around them (Brazil fell under dictatorship in the mid 1960s). It’s filmed with utter beauty, the acting is sharp and convincing, and the writing (not surprisingly) is fluid and tight. Great stuff.

A quiet film about 2 important people who happened to have been women
This is a beautifully filmed movie about the lives of two exceptional women whose lives collided in the early 50s and went on for 17 years. Oh – it’s a true story, BTW.

The locations are spectacular in a quiet way and worth the watch on their own. They added one star.

I am ashamed to say I was not aware of Elizabeth Bishop. Now I am looking forward to reading her material.

Hope you enjoy this film.

Other Information:

Original Language pt
Runtime 1 hr 58 min (118 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Bruno Barreto
Writer Matthew Chapman, Julie Sayres, Carmen L. Oliveira
Actors Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf
Country Brazil
Awards 9 wins & 20 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Casablanca, São Paulo, Brasil
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format DCP