The Book of Delights
The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days.In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman.She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow.
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The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.
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- Release date
- Jun 10, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
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- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Argentina, Brazil
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