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The Man Who Copied Details

2003 Certificate TBC
  • Rated:
  • 80
  • from 19 members

Sweet quirky movie, infused with magical realism, that tells a story of André, the photocopier operator, who likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a telescope. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, goes to her shop, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to .. Read more

Starring Lazaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, Pedro Cardoso
Director Jorge Furtado
Genres World Cinema

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The Man Who Copied

Sweet quirky movie, infused with magical realism, that tells a story of André, the photocopier operator, who likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a telescope. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, goes to her shop, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money.

Starring Lazaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, Pedro Cardoso, Kike Barbosa
Director Jorge Furtado
Certificate Certificate TBC
Genres World Cinema
Language DVD: Portuguese
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 2003
Format DVD

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  • Writer-director Jorge Furtado's quirky fable follows mild-mannered minimum-wage slave André (Ramos) along a highly... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Excellent film, excellent story, though the morals are a tad dubious

    This is a superb Brazilian film, very enjoyable, about a young man who works as a photocopier operator and is trying to scrape enough money to ask out a pretty neighbour, Sílvia. The way he gets his money is not entirely honest (as we shall see), and we are left with a slightly bitter taste in our mouths (does crime indeed pay?). But this does not detract from this film being a highly enjoyable and well told tale, with some quite surprising twists towards the end (do not read too many reviews if you don't want the experience spoilt). Shameful that (at least at the time of writing this review) it never got a UK cinema release. You'll enjoy it, but expect to be more than a little disturbed by the morals... Imagine 'Only Fools and Horses' was filmed by Larry Clark or something and you're almost there.

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      Sweet quirky movie, infused with magical realism, that tells a story of André, the photocopier operator, who likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a telescope. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, goes to her shop, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier ...