Tragicomic film translations

December 7, 2011 rescharf 6

“Vertigo”, the Hitchcock masterpiece with James Stuart and Kim Novak, had its title translated as “A Mulher que Viveu Duas Vezes” (The Woman that Lived Twice) in Portugal – a massive, humongous spoiler.

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Brazilian ingenues

October 6, 2011 rescharf 0

Brazil had its own ingenues – national versions of the naïf but sexy leading ladies that Hollywood made famous in the first decades of film […]

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Carmen Miranda impersonations

September 9, 2011 rescharf 0

Always imitated, never equaled, singer/actress/persona Carmen Miranda died in 1955, but she remains one of the country’s main icons and ambassadors. A favorite of comedians […]

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Capitães de Areia – the movie

August 15, 2011 rescharf 2

Only two Brazilian writers made it internationally: Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of mystical parables, and Jorge Amado, the politically engaged storyteller that eviscerated the society […]