The Story of Me (O contador de histórias)
German title: Der Geschichtenerzähler
Francaise title: Le conteur D’histoires
Spain title: O contador de Histórias
Russian title: Рассказчик
Original title: O contador de histórias
Alternative titles:
The Storyteller
Biography – Brazil
Production year: 2008
Movie length: 109 minutes
Director: Luiz Villaça
Writer: Luiz Villaça, Mauricio Arruda, José Roberto Torero, Mariana Veríssimo
Cinematograph: Lauro Escorel
Music: André Abujamra, Marcio Nigro
Movie description:
»O Contador de Histórias« (»The Story of Me«), a Luiz Villaça movie based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, is a story about how affection can change reality. The youngest of ten brothers, Roberto, showed a special talent to tell stories, by changing through narrative his own experiences about frustration into beautiful and touching fables. At age 6, the boy filled with imagination goes to live in a newly opened government institution, which main goal is to help young and poor children. His mother takes him there believing it will guarantee a better future for her child. But the reality of the institution is very different from what was advertised on TV. Roberto, little by little, loses hope. At age 13, after hundreds of escapes, he’s considered »irrecoverable«, in the words of the headmaster of the facility. However, Roberto proves to be a challenge to the French pedagogue Margherit...
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