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Clarice Lispector

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Clarice Lispector

Born December 10, 1920 · Vinnytsia, Ukraine

Died December 9, 1977 · aged 56

Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector (Ukrainian: Хая Пінкасівна Ліспектор; Yiddish: חיה פּינקאַסיװנאַ ליספּעקטאָר) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovative, idiosyncratic works explore a variety of narrative styles with themes of intimacy and introspection, and have subsequently been internationally acclaimed. Born to a Jewish family in Podolia …

Known For

Hour of the StarHour of the Star · 1986
Hour of the Star
★ 7.31986
MovieDrama
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
Lacerating TransmutationLacerating Transmutation · 2023
Lacerating Transmutation
2023
MovieDrama
Lacerating Transmutation is an experimental work inspired by the novel The Passion According to G.H., originally written by Clarice Lispector.
Naked StarNaked Star · 1985
Naked Star
★ 5.21985
MovieDramaMystery
An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress finds herself slowly being influenced by the dead star’s presence.
The EggThe Egg · 2003
The Egg
★ 10.02003
MovieDrama
Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.
The Book of DelightsThe Book of Delights · 2022
The Book of Delights
★ 4.72022
MovieDramaRomance
The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.
Clandestina FelicidadeClandestina Felicidade · 1998
Clandestina Felicidade
★ 7.01998
MovieComedyDrama
Scenes of the childhood of a girl, living in a small Brazilian town.
Clarice Lispector: A Descoberta do MundoClarice Lispector: A Descoberta do Mundo · 2023
Clarice Lispector: A Descoberta do Mundo
2023
MovieDocumentary
Documentary essay made from several cuts of interviews with Clarice Lispector and her family and friends in a visual poetic seam of adapted excerpts from her work.
The BodyThe Body · 1991
The Body
★ 7.01991
MovieComedy
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.

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