My Sweet Orange Tree

My Sweet Orange Tree

Meu Pé de Laranja Lima
🎞️ Movie 99 min BR
โ˜… 7.2 /10 2012

My Sweet Orange Tree begins with José Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, through flashbacks. Zezé (João Guilherme Avila), a boy of eight years who lives in Minas Gerais in a very humble house with his family, consisting of his father (Eduardo Dascar), an unemployed and alcoholic, and his mother (Fernanda Vianna), which works to support the home and his brother and sisters. Despite the lack of understanding, affection and the aggression suffered by from his father and school colleagues, the boy has a great skill for storytelling using his imagination. With financial difficulties, the family has to move. At the new home, Zezé finds an orange tree, which he talks everyday. However, for being extremely extrovert he got involved in several confusions. One of them, he tries to ride on the bumper of Manoel Valadares, the 'Portuga' (José de Abreu), but is caught and spanked. The boy feels humiliated and wants revenge, however Valadares ends up understanding Zezé, which turns to share his world of fantasies, and a new friendship arises.

Cast

João Guilherme
João Guilherme
Zezé
José de Abreu
José de Abreu
Portuga
Caco Ciocler
Caco Ciocler
José Mauro de Vasconcelos
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Eduardo Dascar
Paulo Vasconcelos
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Ricardo Bravo
Kathia Calil
Kathia Calil
Jandira
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Julia de Victa
Glória
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Tino Gomes
Ariovaldo
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Leônidas José
Luís
Eduardo Moreira
Eduardo Moreira
Ladislau
Armand Amar
Armand Amar
Composer
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Gustavo Hadba
Cinematographer