Name: Capitu
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-10-06
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Isabella, Othon Bastos, Raul Cortez

Good film adapted from Machado de Assis's novel Dom Casmurro. The ambiguity between facts and imagination are very well done. Boring and sexist Bentinho gets consumed by jealousy (is Capitu faithful?), besides a misterious feeling about Escobar (sincere friendship? Fascination? Envy? Also jealousy?!). The film becomes better and better as it advances. Not my famous adaptation of a story by Machado (Memórias Póstumas is certainly my number one!), but Capitu worth be watched.

Portuguese-language cinema, spanning Portugal, Brazil, and other Lusophone regions, focuses on history, cultural identity, and the struggles of ordinary people, often framed with poetic or allegorical storytelling. In Portugal, cinema has emphasized meditative pacing and philosophical depth, reflecting on memory and tradition. In Brazil, it has often been politically charged and socially vibrant, highlighting inequality and resilience while experimenting with popular and avant-garde forms.

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Adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic novel "Dom Casmurro". Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.

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