Review by claudio_carvalho

In São Paulo, the relationship of the successful television actress Gilda de Oliveira (Ana Maria Magalhães) with the actor Paulo Cavalcante (Paulo César Peréio) is in crisis. Gilda is rejected by Paulo and now she is lost, feeling like a victim of something that has not worked out and seeking out her identity.

Her friend Raquel can not stand the whining of Gilda anymore and she comes out of her car and meets a prostitute on the street. Gilda has a conversation with the woman and she introduces her to the car thief Abadi that brings Gilda to the outskirts of Sâo Paulo. Then she takes the train and a cab to the Congonhas Airport with a harassed taxi driver. Gilda meets Paulo that is shooting a love scene in the airport with his lover Catarina. Gilda goes back home and is visited by her old friend Lia. Later she recalls a period of her life when Paulo was in love with her and wanted to have a child, but she refused to keep her beautiful body.

"Real Desejo" is an annoying and pretentious film about the end of a relationship and the process victimization of the wife. The fragmented and non-linear narrative is boring and the director Augusto Sevá seems to be lost in between a dramatic art film and a melodramatic soap opera. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Real Desejo" ("Real Desire")