Bossa Nova (film)

Bossa Nova
Spanish language theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bruno Barreto
Produced by	Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto
Written by	Alexandre Machado Fernanda Young
Based on	Miss Simpson by Sérgio Sant'Anna
Starring	Amy Irving Antônio Fagundes
Music by	Eumir Deodato Richard Martinez Antonio Carlos Jobim
Cinematography	Pascal Rabaud
Edited by	Ray Hubley
Production company	Filmes do Equador L.C. Barreto
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar
Release dates	March 31, 2000
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese English
Box office	R$3,165,333[1]

Bossa Nova is a 2000 Brazilian-American romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto. It deals with several interwoven stories about people finding and losing love in Rio de Janeiro. It stars Amy Irving (Barreto's wife and star of his earlier films A Show of Force, Carried Away, and One Tough Cop) as an English language teacher named Mary Ann.

Cast

• Amy Irving as Mary Ann Simpson
• Antônio Fagundes as Pedro Paulo
• Alexandre Borges as Acácio
• Débora Bloch as Tânia
• Drica Moraes as Nadine
• Giovanna Antonelli as Sharon
• Rogério Cardoso as Vermont
• Pedro Cardoso as Roberto
• Stephen Tobolowsky as Trevor

References

1. "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

External links

• Bossa Nova at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Sony Pictures site
• Bossa Nova at Cinemateca Brasileira