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Durval Records (2002)
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Durval Records (2002)
Original name: Durval Discos
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change the whole situation. Written by
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, surreal, offbeat, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: dark humor, farce, comedy of errors, eccentric family, life turned upside down, family relations, parents and children, missing child, family problems, single parent, disorder, crime gone awry, store, surrealism, kidnapping, music store, crimes, female director
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil

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