Doc 1985 - Céu Aberto

Tolerance
Tolerância
Directed by Carlos Gerbase / 2000 / 110’
Color
Selling Points
- Winner of the Best Actor at the Brazilian cinema festival of Miami
- Popularity prize at the Latin American cinema festival (Havana)
Synopsis
The story of a forty-something couple, who, when trying to put their libertarian theories into practice, find out that
some feelings - like passion and jealousy - cannot be controlled by theories. Both a drama and a thriller, Tolerance is
a small inventory of the shattered dreams of a generation that intended to be revolutionary
Stage of Production: Completed
Genre: Drama
Cast: Maitê Proença, Roberto Bomtempo, Maria Ribeiro, Nélson Diniz, Ana Maria Mainieri, Werner Schünemann
Awards: Production support at RGE Prize / Best Film, Best direction, Best Script, Best Editing, Best Song, Best Sound,
Best Art Direction at APTC-RS Prize / Revelation Prize at Brazil- Portugal Cinema Festival, Santa Maria da Feira
(Portugal) / Best Actor (Roberto Bomtempo) at Brazilian Cinema Festival of Miami / Popularity Prize at Latin American
Cinema Festival, Havana (Cuba)
Language: Portuguese Subtitles Available: English, French, Spanish
Territories Available: All Territories except Latin America and those mentioned below (Market History)
Production Company: Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre was created in 1987 by a group of filmmakers who have been
working together since the early Eighties. Casa de Cinema has produced dozens of films and videos, and also television programs (TV dramas and series), courses and workshops on screenwriting and introduction to filmmaking,
discussion forums and TV programs for political campaigns. Nowadays it is a reference in contemporary Brazilian
cinema.
About the director: Carlos Gerbase: Director and scriptwriter. Phd in Communication (PUC/RS), coordinator of the
Production Audiovisual course of the same university. Director of two films Verdes Anos (1984), Tolerância (2000), Sal
de Prata (2005) and also of the film in super-8 Inverno (1983). Scriptwriter and director of the shorts in 35 mm Interlúdio (1983), Passageiros (1985), Aulas Muito Particulares (1988), O Corpo de Flávia (1990), Deus Ex-machina (1995) and
Sexo & Beethoven - O reencontro (1997). Wrote scripts for the TV Globo, like Memorial de Maria Moura (1994) and Engraçadinha (1995). He also directed especial programs for TV, like O Comprador De Fazendas (2001) to the TV Globo and
Faustina (2002) for RBS.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Market History: Sunrise Films (Spain), Open TV
Festival History:
Material available: Beta(English, French, Spanish), DVD(English, French, Spanish), 35mm.
www.eloaudiovisual.com
CONTACT: [email protected] (+55 11 3023 6270)