Reaching For The Moon

– In 1951 New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. Th..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 58 Minutes
Release Year:
2013
Original Name:
Flores Raras
Reaching for the Moon (2013) - Also known as Flores Raras

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. Although frosty at first, the architect soon makes a play for Elizabeth and the poet finally succumbs to Lota’s advances. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. Their ménage à trois is thrown off balance when Lota starts work on her biggest project to date, designing Parque do Flamengo in Rio. Elizabeth accepts an academic teaching post in the USA and the women drift apart. Lota, at all other times brimming with self-confidence, is inconsolable. 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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Reaching for the Moon (2013) - Trailer

Release Date:

16 Aug 2013

Language:

English, Portuguese

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Writer:

Matthew Chapman (screenplay), Julie Sayres (screenplay), Carmen L. Oliveira (based on the novel "Flores raras e banalíssimas" by), Carolina Kotscho (based on the screenplay by)

Main Actors:

Miranda Otto, Glória Pires, Tracy Middendorf, Marcello Airoldi

Plot:

A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.

Awards:

8 wins & 11 nominations.

Gross profit:

$28,482

Production:

Wolfe Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
Metacritic:
44%