Extreme Happiness

Extreme Happiness

2010 · 121 min · ★ 4.4 · Drama

Shortly after World War II, the city of Rio de Janeiro experiments a period of great cultural, political and economic effervescence, when all the dreams – or nearly all – seem possible. In this exciting scenery of transformation, Paulo discovers love, friendship and sex through his childhood and adolescence in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Directed by Arnaldo Jabor · Written by Arnaldo Jabor

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