Men and Women
Theatrical release poster
PortugueseNoite Vazia
Directed byWalter Hugo Khouri
Written byWalter Hugo Khouri
Produced byNelson Gaspari
Walter Hugo Khouri
StarringNorma Bengell
Odete Lara
Mário Benvenutti
Gabriele Tinti
CinematographyRudolf Icsey
Edited byMauro Alice
Music byRogério Duprat
Production
companies
Kamera Filmes
Vera Cruz Filmes
Distributed byCinedistri
Embrafilme
Release date
  • 28 September 1964 (1964-09-28) (Brazil)[1]
Running time
93 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Men and Women (Portuguese: Noite Vazia, lit.'Empty Night') is a 1964 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Walter Hugo Khouri, with a soundtrack by Rogério Duprat executed by Zimbo Trio.

In November 2015 the film entered the list made by the Brazilian Association of Film Critics (Abraccine) of the 100 best Brazilian films of all time. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

In São Paulo, two friends (one married and from a wealthy family) take two prostitutes for a night of searching for different pleasures. The experience turns out to be frustrating for all concerned, with the four spending the time talking about themselves, the bitterness of life and the emptiness of their lives.

Cast

  • Norma Bengell as Mara
  • Odete Lara as Regina
  • Mário Benvenutti as Luisinho
  • Gabriele Tinti as Nelson
  • Lisa Negri as Nelson's lover
  • Marisa Woodward
  • Anita Kennedy
  • Ricardo Rivas
  • Célia Watanabe as Japanese waitress
  • Wilfred Khouri as Luis's son

References

  1. "Noite Vazia" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Men and Women". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.


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