Elvis e Madona // 2010 // 105min // colour // feature film // OVEST/dvcam
Co-presented with
Director: Marcelo Laffitte
Script: Marcelo Laffitte
Editor: Luiz Guimarães de Castro
Director of Photography: Uli Burtin
Sound: Márcio Câmara
Producers: Sara Silveira, Tuinho Schwartz
Production Company: Laffilmes Cinematográficas, Focus Films
With: Simone Spoladore, Igor Cotrim, Sergio Bezerra, Maitê Proença, Buza Ferraz, Duse Nacarati, José Wilker
Synopsis:
Meet Elvis, a talented photographer and lesbian who takes a job delivering pizza to pay the bills. Madona is a ravishing blonde transvestite who works as a hairstylist by day, performs in Rio's drag clubs by night, and dreams of putting on her own cabaret act. Elvis' first pizza delivery is to Madonna, who Elvis finds lying on the floor, beaten up after being robbed by her lover Joe Tripod. From this unusual first meeting, their lives intertwine and they discover love, passion and companionship where they least expect it.A unique and unexpected romantic comedy set in Rio de Janeiro’s lively neighborhood of Copacabana.
Festival/ Price:
Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Rio International Film Festival 2010 official selection in competition Brazilian Film Festival Paris 2010 audience award best film
Elvis & Madona
