Delicate Crime

Delicate Crime

2005 · 87 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama

Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep influence over her. Antônio gets jealous, and the three become characters of a drama saturated with desire and danger.

Directed by Beto Brant · Written by Beto Brant

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