Heleno

Release Date: 2011-09-12

Overview: José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de Freitas. The sumptuous black and white cinematography reflects the chic life of Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s as it fell under the spell of sports royalty. Heleno was no doubt one of the most popular players of his time for his bravura in the field and magnificent goal-scoring that lead the Botafogo team to the top and himself into a vicious downward spiral.

Rating: 6.2 / 10

Cast

Rodrigo Santoro

as Heleno de Freitas

Alinne Moraes

as Silvia

Angie Cepeda

as Diamantina

Erom Cordeiro

as Alberto

Mauricio Tizumba

as Jorge

Similar Movies

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

View Details

Tears of Cem Karaca

View Details

Rikyu

View Details

Story of Women

View Details

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

View Details

Hell to Eternity

View Details

Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

View Details

Jacquot

View Details

Distant Voices, Still Lives

View Details

Napoleon

View Details

Valentino

View Details

Margot

View Details

Isadora

View Details

The Godfather

View Details

Rikard Nordraak

View Details

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor

View Details

The Elephant Man

View Details

The Penalty King

View Details

Malcolm X

View Details

Memoirs of a Geisha

View Details