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Love for Sale

Play trailer Poster for Love for Sale 2007,  1h 28m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 75% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 61% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
75% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 61% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Abandoned by her husband, a woman organizes a raffle with herself as the prize.

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Richard James Havis The Hollywood Reporter Sep 10, 2007
...a well-observed slice of social realist cinema. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray AV Club Aug 17, 2007
B-
Pacing is a problem with Love For Sale, but meaning never is. Go to Full Review
John Anderson Newsday Aug 15, 2007
3.5/4
Guedes is electrifying, and so un-Hollywood you have to cheer for the continuing health of Brazilian cinema. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 14, 2021
Here too are more or less straightforward events and a sympathetic approach. People's great difficulties as well as their pleasures are taken seriously. Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 21, 2020
The story's underlining sadness is cushioned by lovely comic touches... Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Gay City News Mar 9, 2018
The film never integrates its taste for beautiful landscapes with its devotion to the quotidian: the two rest side by side without gelling. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Han P Jan 2, 2010 A deceptively simple drama that works not only as a nuanced character study about a single mother struggling to raise her child but also as a touching social commentary on the miserable conditions faced by those who leave the countryside of Brazil looking for a better chance in life. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Karim Aïnouz

Director

Hermila Guedes

Hermila

Maria Menezes

Maria

João Miguel

João

Georgina Castro

Georgina

Zezita Matos

Zezita

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Love for Sale

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Movie Info

Synopsis Abandoned by her husband, a woman organizes a raffle with herself as the prize.
Director
Karim Aïnouz
Producer
Walter Salles, Maurício Andrade Ramos, Hengameh Panahi, Thomas Häberle, Peter Rommel
Screenwriter
Karim Aïnouz, Felipe Bragança, Mauricio Zacharias, Simone Lima
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Shotgun Productions, VideoFilmes, Fado Films, Celluloid Dreams
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 15, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.0K
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD
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