Midnight
a WALTER SALLES & DANIELA THOMAS picture
Synopsis
A young man refuses to start the new millennium in prison. To earn his freedom, he must murder his best friend... A young women contemplates suicide when suddenly left by the man she loves... These two distraught people find one another at midnight on a rooftop overlooking Copacabana Beach. Somewhere between heaven and hell, they attempt to invent a new life on December 31, 1999.
Stills
Press
"Vivid performances."
TIME OUT
"’Midnight’’ finds occasions for hope in the midst of general unhappiness…a modest, somewhat sentimental film whose appeal may lie as much in its evocative location as in the story it tells."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Festivals
& Awards
Locarno International Film Festival
In Competition
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards
Best Actor, Best Actress
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Auckland Film Festival
International Festival of Cinema and Video on Human Rights
Latin America Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Fernanda Torres | |
|---|---|
| Luis Carlos Vasconcellos | |
| Mateus Nachtergaele | |
| Nelson Sargento | |
| Carlos Vereza |
| Directors | Walter Salles |
|---|---|
| Daniela Thomas | |
| Screenwriters | Walter Salles |
| Daniela Thomas | |
| Joäo Emanuel Carneiro | |
| Producers | Pierre Chevalier |
| Caroline Benjo | |
| Carole Scotta | |
| Director of Photography | Walter Carvalho |
| Editor | Felipe Lacerda |
| Composers | Antonio Pinto |
| Eduardo Bid | |
| Nana Vasconcellos | |
| Sound | Heron de Alencar |
| Crisstino Maciel |
Releases