Bela Donna

Bela Donna

1998 · 111 min · EN · 4.7 (18 votes)
Dir. Fábio Barreto · Starring Natasha Henstridge, Eduardo Moscovis, Andrew McCarthy, Florinda Bolkan, Sophie Ward, Odilon Wagner
DramaRomance

American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The forbidden romance may destroy her marriage and upset the morals of the small village where they live.

VIBE

A sun-drenched, humid fever dream of forbidden desire. It feels like a slow, intoxicating waltz with temptation, set against a backdrop of breathtaking, yet suffocating, beauty. The air is thick with unspoken longing and the promise of scandal.

sensualmelancholiclushpassionateslow-burnperiod dramaarthousetropical gothicromanticforbidden lovecultural clashdesiretradition vs. modernity
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