While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

2013

0h 53m

5.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Produced for TV Cultura within the project Telefilmes IV: Music and City, this made-for-TV film follows the story of Erica, a 14-year-old teenager growing up in Brazil, who has to learn how to deal with her British mother who is going off the rails. Living amidst an anxiety that switches between fear and love for her mother, Erica tries to find her way in a ship that seems to be sinking rapidly. It is in this moment that she picks up a guitar, and in her relationship with it, finds a way to re-shape her reality.

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8 members

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Daniela Piepszyk

Érica

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Naomi Silman

Rita

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Marat Descartes

Eric

Marat Descartes

Sound

André Abujamra

Professor de Violão

André Abujamra

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Lourenço Mutarelli

Lourenço

Lourenço Mutarelli

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Mauricio Pereira

Vendedor Violão

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Paula Pretta

Caixa Supermercado

Paula Pretta

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Theo Werneck

Gerente Supermercado

Theo Werneck

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