With THE COLOR OF DESTINY, Brazilian director Jorge Duran has created a sensitive portrayal of adolescent angst.
Paulo (Guilherme Fontes) is a teenager living in Rio de Janeiro with his parents, who have fled Chile for political reasons. After splitting up with his girlfriend, Paulo retreats to the privacy of his bedroom, where he creates experimental works of art. Burdened by the memory of an older brother
who was tortured and killed for political activity in Chile, Paulo confronts his late brother in dream sequences, while his parents worry that he will follow in their dead son's footsteps. Word comes from Santiago that Patricia (Julia Lemmertz), Paulo's 18-ye...
Released:
1988
Rated:
NR
Length:
104 mins