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Midnight (O Primeiro Dia)

Rating:R (for language, some sexuality and a threatening situation)
Genre:Drama
Release Date:March 10, 2000
Running time:75 minutes
Cast:Fernanda Torres, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Carlos Vereza, Carlos Vereza, Nelson Sargento
Director:Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Producer:Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal
Writer:Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Joao Emanuel Carneiro
Distributor:WinStar Cinema

Description: Rio is partying in the streets in preparation for the millennium, but Joao is languishing in jail. He murders his cell-mate and escapes in the confusion, taking to the streets in an attempt to find the man who betrayed him. Meanwhile, Maria discovers that her lover has left her with no warning. Devastated, she breaks her phone, and then wanders the streets in a daze, looking for a pay phone to call him from. Coincidentally, both her lover and the murdered convict are called Pedro; and also coincidentally Joao and Maria's paths cross amid the celebrations.

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