Reaching for the Moon
Overview
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. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. 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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Release date
09/02/2013
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Genius
Clara Immerwahr
The Darjeeling Limited
The Fear of Disappearing
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Atonement
Just a Question of Love
Grief
Lie
O Chico Fininho
The 10 Year Plan
Hallelujah
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Edge of Seventeen
Grande école
Someone Behind the Door
The Assassination of Trotsky
Rembrandt