Reaching for the Moon (2013 film)
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| Directed by | Bruno Barreto |
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| Based on | Flores Raras e Banalíssimas by Carmen L. Oliveira |
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| Cinematography | Mauro Pinheiro Jr. |
| Edited by | Leticia Giffoni |
| Music by | Marcelo Zarvos |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
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| Budget | R$ 13,000,000 |
Reaching for the Moon (Portuguese: Flores Raras, "Rare Flowers") is a 2013 Brazilian biographical drama film, written by Julie Sayres and Matthew Chapman, directed by Bruno Barreto. The film is based on the book Flores Raras e Banalíssimas (in English, Rare and Commonplace Flowers), by Carmen L. Oliveira.
The film dramatizes the love story of the American poet Elizabeth Bishop and the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Set largely in Petrópolis between the years 1951 and 1967, the film tells the story of Bishop's passionate and often tumultuous life with Soares in Brazil.