Two iconic women. One passion.
In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
Bruno Barreto
Director, Writer
Matthew Chapman
Writer
Miranda Otto
Elizabeth Bishop
Glória Pires
Lota de Macedo Soares
Tracy Middendorf
Mary Morse
Treat Williams
Robert Lowell
Marcello Airoldi
Carlos Lacerda
Lola Kirke
Margaret
Luciana Souza
Joana
Tânia Costa
Dindinha
Marianna Mac Nieven
Malú
Autumn in New York61%
Breathe74%
Life in a Year82%
Hamnet77%
I Still Believe75%
Not Easily Broken63%
Magnificent Obsession68%
The Lost Husband67%
The Best of Me74%
Restless64%
TalhotBlond63%
My Brilliant Career61%
Past Lives77%
All That Heaven Allows73%
Love Everlasting73%
The Secret: Dare to Dream73%
Collateral Beauty72%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Eleanor the Great69%
Nine Lives61%
