The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
Acting
Negrini's deliberately artificial, theatrical Cleopatra
Direction
Bressane's punk rejection of Hollywood spectacle
Director
Júlio Bressane
Alessandra Negrini
Cleópatra
Miguel Falabella
Júlio César
Bruno Garcia
Marco Antônio
Taumaturgo Ferreira
Otávio César
Heitor Martinez
Augustus
Lúcio Mauro
César's Circle
Nildo Parente
Roman Senator
Josie Antello
Cleópatra's Maid #1
Everaldo Pontes
Cleópatra's Circle
Guará Rodrigues
Guilherme Weber
César's Circle
Isabel Guéron
Octávia
Tonico Pereira
Pascoal Villaboim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazil's 2000s 'retomada' movement rejecting commercial cinema; Bressane called big-budget spectacles 'fascist.'
Shot in 15 days on digital video with sets made of painted cardboard — the aesthetic is the point.
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