Jogo de Mão 41 years old

In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the characters and idea of each story. The first sketch is about a young man who shines shoes for a living, and tries to keep up a relationship with two women while convincing each she is his only true love. The next story is about a man who beats up his wife when he is drunk, and sells furs for a living. One day, as she is riding in the back of his truck with the furs, he hits a bad patch and she and some furs fall out. The question is, will the woman be enterprising and leave the jerk - or not? The third tale concerns a woman looking into how much control a prostitute has over her clients, and to really find out, she becomes a prostitute herself for awhile - leading to some quite unexpected situations. The last segment handles the uglier side of the life styles of the rich and famous.

Credits

Jogo de Mão Cast

Name Character
José Wallenstein He was 23, now 65 years old
Henrique Espírito Santo He was 51, now 93 years old
Isabel de Castro She was 51, 74 years old when she died
José Fonseca e Costa He was 49, 82 years old when he died
João Lagarto He was 28, now 70 years old
São José Lapa She was 31, now 73 years old
Julio Cesar
Márcia Breia She was 38, now 80 years old

Jogo de Mão Crew

Name Department
Mário Barroso as Director of Photography. He was 35 (now 77) years old Camera
Monique Rutler as Director. She was 42 (now 83) years old Directing
Monique Rutler as Editor. She was 42 (now 83) years old Editing
Monique Rutler as Screenplay. She was 42 (now 83) years old Writing
Jogo de Mão poster
Jogo de Mão (41 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, February 02, 1983
  • Runtime: 115 minutes