Noite Vazia

1964
1h 33m

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Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, unco... Read allTwo friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.

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7.5/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Actors Norma Bengell' and Gabriele Tinti - who play the more intimate couple of the film - were married at the time of the filming.

Quotes
Luisinho: Will you keep with that face?
Nelson: I didn't want to go out tonight.
Luisinho: You needn't get upset just because you don't like women. It's not your fault.
Nelson: But you don't want to understand. It's not that.
Luisinho: I do understand. The other night, when you were drunk, you'd said: "It's a monstrous thing that a man can sleep with any woman".
Nelson: Stop being an idiot.
[pause]
Nelson: It's not like that.
Luisinho: It's almost like that.
Nelson: Almost, but it isn't.
Luisinho: I think you're being foolish worrying about that. It's ridiculous.
Nelson: Stop bothering me.

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Featured in Panorama do Cinema Brasileiro (1968)

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8/10

Like Antonioni, but much better

It is hard to think about this film by Brazilian skilled director Walter Hugo Khouri without conpating him with Antioni's famous trilogy. Besides also being released in early 60's (with dance party chaotic scenes which were so recurrent in the films from that decade), and having an awesome black and white cinematography as one of its greatest merits, it has the very same core issue: the futility of bourgeoisie, its lack of sincere goals, its frenzy for distracting those shallow minds. However, Khouri's "Empty Nights" (this is the translation of Brazilian title, much better than dumb English name, "Men and Women") is by far a deeper, better developped and less problematic movie than Antonioni's "La Notte" and "L'Eclisse" (I have not watched L'Avventura yet). The film also addresses other issues that would eventually re-appear in his filmography, such as middle and upper classes' hypocrisy and misogyny.