Heleno

Name: Heleno
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: December 7, 2012
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Aline Moraes, Angie Cepeda, Rodrigo Santoro

2012

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Screen Media Films | Release Date: December 7, 2012 | R

Starring: Aline Moraes, Angie Cepeda, Rodrigo Santoro

Summary: Rodrigo Santoro biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players from the 1940s, Heleno de Freitas.

Director: José Henrique Fonseca

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 116 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Dec 5, 2012

Rodrigo Santoro (Paulo on Lost, Xerxes in 300, and even better, Raúl Castro in Che) is mighty matinee-idol charismatic himself in the title role, alternating between swaggering lady-killer and ravaged victim of self-destruction. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 7, 2012

Though powerfully acted and dazzlingly shot (by Walter Carvalho) in heavenly black and white, Heleno is a feverish opera that, like its doomed antihero, loses vitality much too soon. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Dec 7, 2012

That's not to say Heleno, with its magnetic energy, sensual re-creation of 1940s and '50s Brazil and bold storytelling lacks punch; the movie is nothing if not watchable. But, by presenting more surface than depth to De Freitas' womanizing, arrogance and volatility (an implied closeness to his unseen mother is about as far as the film digs), it largely feels like an arm's length effort. Read full review

Nick McCarthy

Dec 4, 2012

The film hints at a kicky, impressionistic style that director José Henrique Fonseca never effectively employs to actually communicate Heleno de Freitas's demons. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Dec 4, 2012

You're stuck daydreaming about a far, far better movie. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Dec 7, 2012

What you get instead of soccer is almost two hours of late-stage syphilis. Read full review

Sam Adams

Dec 4, 2012

From its flash-forward framing sequence to its glossy black and white images, the film emulates "Raging Bull" in nearly every particular, while failing to capture even a sliver of that tortured-soul sports-movie's insight or visceral power. Read full review

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