The Man Who Copied

The Man Who Copied

2003 · 123 min · PT · 7.5 (314 votes)
Dir. Jorge Furtado · Starring Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, Pedro Cardoso, Carlos Cunha Filho, Júlio Andrade

Life is original, everything else is copy

ComedyDramaRomanceCrime

André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy something, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money.

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A tender, slightly awkward coming-of-age story set in Brazil. It captures the quiet desperation and hopeful yearning of a young man trying to bridge the gap between his reality and his desires, all with a gentle, observational touch.

melancholicawkwardhopefulcharmingsteadyslice-of-lifeindie dramacharacter studydesireclassambitionidentity
interracial romanceporto alegre
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