Love for Sale
2006 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · 69% critics
In a small town in northern Brazil, a young mother waits for a partner who never returns and grows desperate to start over somewhere else. To raise the money to leave, she makes a bold choice that stirs gossip, judgment, and questions about freedom, survival, and self-respect.
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Details
- Original title
- O Céu de Suely
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-11-17
- Language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (66 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to intimate, slow-burning character dramas about resilience and restless longing, especially if Madame Satã or Futuro Beach worked for you; Not for you if you need fast pacing or easy comfort.
Pros: emotionally honest lead; vivid small-town atmosphere; quietly powerful story | Cons: very slow pace; thin plot movement; controversial subject matter
Cast & crew
Hermila Guedes
as Hermila (Suely)
João Miguel
as João
Maria Menezes
as Maria
Georgina Castro
as Georgina
Zezita Matos
as Zezita
Marcélia Cartaxo
as Marcelia
Claudio Jaborandy
as Claudio
Flávio Bauraqui
as Balconista
- MV
Matheus Vieira
as Matheuzinho #1
- GC
Gerkson Carlos
as Matheuzinho #2
Directed by Karim Aïnouz