Heleno: O Príncipe Maldito

"Passion. Decadence. Destruction."

Mar 30 2012 R 1h 56m
Biography, Drama, Sport

Jose´ Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de Freitas. The sumptuous black and white cinematography reflects the chic life of Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s as it fell under the spell of sports royalty. Heleno was no doubt one of the most popular players of his time for his bravura in the field and magnificent goal-scoring that lead the Botafogo team to the top and himself into a vicious downward spiral.

Plot

The film about Heleno de Freitas (1920/1959) ( Santoro ) , who was one of the greats of Brazilian football . An exceptional player , but very temperamental , while that displayed his enormous talent on the pitch , showed her charm in the evenings locals . Beautiful, elegant and arrogant, and had lived in bohemian affairs constant , drank heavily , took drugs and not cared athletically , living creating controversies club ( Botafogo ) , with colleagues and frictions with opponents . He had a brief stint in Argentina , where trained clothing and outerwear , for not supporting the ice. Produção inspired the book "There was never a man like Heleno " ( title inspired by the movie " Gilda " with Rita Hayworth , who was the pejorative nickname of Heleno ) , the journalist Marcos Eduardo Neves . It is worth mentioning that the film is not about football , goes far beyond this bias , it shows starkly the uncertainties of a celebrity ambiguous and unprepared - Filmed in black and white with great photography and reconstitution of the time, tuned cast and superb acting of Rodrigo Santoro .

Written by

L.G. Bayão, Felipe Bragança, Fernando Castets

Directed by

José Henrique Fonseca

Production Countries

Brazil

Production Companies

BNDES, BR Petrobrás, Downtown Filmes, FINEP/Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovacão, RT Features, Goritzia Filmes, Agência Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE), Zola Filmes

Languages

Português

Awards

13 wins & 18 nominations

Scores
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1,531
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
52
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