O Invasor (2002)

Director:

Beto Brant

Writers:

Marçal Aquino (novel)
Marçal Aquino (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 April 2002 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Two businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Blackmail | Prostitution | Class Differences | Drugs

Awards:

24 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Marco Ricca	...	Ivan
Alexandre Borges	...	Gilberto / Giba
Paulo Miklos	...	Anísio
Mariana Ximenes	...	Marina
Malu Mader	...	Cláudia / Fernanda
Chris Couto	...	Cecília
George Freire	...	Estevão
Tanah Correa	...	Dr. Araújo
Jayme del Cueto	...	Norberto
Sabotage	...	Sabotage
Marina Franco	...	Marina's friend
Daniela Tramujas	...	Luísa
Thavyne Ferrari	...	Giba's daughter
Priscila Luz	...	Lúcia
Marcos Azevedo	...	Nightclub manager

Also Known As:

The Invader (USA) (festival title)
The Trespasser (USA)
El invasor (Argentina) [es]
O eisvoleas (Greece) (festival title) [el]
O invasor, l'intrus (France) [fr]

Runtime:

97 min | Argentina:97 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | UK:96 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Argentina:18 | Brazil:18 | France:-12 | Singapore:R21 | UK:18

Company:

Drama Filmes

Trivia:

This movie is based on a novel that was being written by Marçal Aquino and wasn't finished yet. Marçal wrote the end of the novel and released the book after the movie.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta (2005)

Soundtrack:

Azar

Tense social thriller where everything goes wrong and ´wrong´comes knocking at your door

Extremely tense thriller set in the urban chaos of São Paulo, the biggest and ugliest third world nightmare in Brazilian urbania. For the sake of making it easy for anyone who is curious about this intriguing and truly well made film, it has the grit of Mexican feature "Amores Perros" with a character not too far off Max Cady, from both Cape Fears, although this is not, by any means, a film about a psychopath. Two partners (Alexandre Borges and Marco Ricca) in a construction company pay hitman Anisio (Miklos) to off their third partner (and majority share holder) in said construction outfit. The murder is blamed on the city, but things begin to look very grim indeed when witty and charismatic walking nightmare Anisio decides he wants to be around the ever so nervous partners in crime, not only trespassing but, more importantly, deconstructing the strict social codes that make up Brazilian society. Anisio turns poverty into an attitude and he wants in. The look is almost entirely handheld, grainy, the performances outstanding throughout, especially so as first time actor (and member of classic Brazilian pop band 'Titãs'), Paulo Miklos, dazzles and baffles the viewer with his pretty funny social terror.

I saw the film at the Brasília film Fest in November 2001. It has since done very well in Sundance and Berlin. Kleber Mendonça Filho