Vida de Menina
Directed byHelena Solberg
Written byElena Soárez
Helena Solberg
Based onMinha Vida de Menina
by Helena Morley
Produced byDavid Meyer
Starring
CinematographyPedro Farkas
Edited byDiana Vasconcellos
Music byWagner Tiso
Production
company
Radiante Filmes
Distributed byRiofilme
Release date
2004
Running time
90 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Vida de Menina is a 2004 Brazilian drama film. It was the first feature-length fiction film directed by Helena Solberg. The film is an adaptation of Minha Vida de Menina, the diary of Helena Morley.

It won five awards at the 2004 Gramado Film Festival.[1]

Cast

Plot

The film takes place in Diamantina, Minas Gerais in the period following the abolition of slavery in Brazil. It focuses on the life of Helena Morley, an adolescent who tells her daily life in her diary which, when published in the 1950s, became internationally famous.

References

  1. Rubin, Nani (April 5, 2014). "Helena Solberg, a única mulher do cinema novo, ganha retrospectiva". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 8, 2014.


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