{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Love and Co | image = Amor & Cia.png | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Helvécio Ratton | producer = Simone Magalhães Matos | writer = Carlos Alberto Ratton | based_on = {{based on|''Alves & Cia''|Eça de Queiroz}} | starring = Marco Nanini<br>Patricia Pillar<br>Alexandre Borges | music = Tavinho Moura | cinematography = José Tadeu Ribeiro | editing = Diana Vasconcellos | studio = Quimera Filmes<br>Rosa Filmes | distributor = RioFilme, Severiano Ribeiro {{small|(Brazil)}}<br>Rosa Filmes {{small|(Portugal)}} | released = {{Film date|1998|11|6|ref1=<ref name=folha/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.amor-e-cia.com.br/ | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990427214951/http://www.amor-e-cia.com.br/ | archivedate=April 27, 1999 | title=Amor & Cia | publisher=Amor & Cia official website | accessdate=March 4, 2014 | language=Portuguese}}</ref>|df=y}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Brazil<br>Portugal | language = Portuguese | budget = R$3 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diariodecuiaba.com.br/arquivo/291097/dc2.htm |title=Novela de Eça de Queirós na telona |author=Jansen, Roberta |work=Diário de Cuiabá |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214402/http://www.diariodecuiaba.com.br/arquivo/291097/dc2.htm |archivedate=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | gross = R$237,310<ref name=ancine/> }} '''''Love and Co'''''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amor-e-cia.com.br/index2.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990225000234/http://www.amor-e-cia.com.br/index2.html | archivedate=February 25, 1999 | title=Love and Co | publisher=Love and Co official website | accessdate=March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/preview/archive/9_18_10_28.pdf | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111104718/http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/preview/archive/9_18_10_28.pdf | archivedate=January 11, 2007 | title=Latin America Film Festival September 18–28 | journal=AFI Preview| publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=March 4, 2014 | volume=1 |issue=5 | page=5}}</ref> ({{langx|pt|'''Amor & Cia'''}}) is a 1998 Brazilian-Portuguese comedy-drama film directed by Helvécio Ratton. Based on Eça de Queiroz's novel ''Alves & Cia'', it stars Marco Nanini, Patricia Pillar and Alexandre Borges. Shot in São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais, and set in the 19th century, it follows Alves (Nanini) as he finds his wife Ludovina (Pillar) with Machado (Borges), and challenges him for a gun duel.<ref name=folha>{{cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq06119815.htm | title=Amor & Cia.' traduz em cinema ironia de Eça | date=November 6, 1998 | author=Couto, José Geraldo | work=Folha de S. Paulo | publisher=Grupo Folha | accessdate=March 1, 2014}}</ref>
==Cast== *Marco Nanini as Alves *Patricia Pillar as Ludovina *Alexandre Borges as Machado *Rogério Cardoso as Neto *Cláudio Mamberti as Carvalho *Ary França as Medeiros *Maria Sílvia as Margarida *Nelson Dantas as Asprígio *Rui Resende as Abílio *Sônia Siqueira as Joana
==Reception== ''Love and Co'' grossed R$237,310 and was watched by 47,179 people in the 24 Brazilian theaters in which it was released.<ref name=ancine>{{cite web|url=http://oca.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/DadosMercado/2102.pdf |title=Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013 |publisher=Ancine |accessdate=June 17, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327102342/http://oca.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/DadosMercado/2102.pdf |archivedate=March 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |page=37 }}</ref> It was nominated for the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Film and Best Actor (Marcos Nanini), but lost in both categories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/02/14/21 |title=Depois do 'Oscar', governo muda regras do cinema |date=February 14, 2000 |work=Folha de S. Paulo |publisher=Grupo Folha |accessdate=February 27, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228024825/http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/02/14/21 |archivedate=February 28, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/02/12/21 |title=É uma festa! |date=February 12, 2000 |work=Folha de S. Paulo |publisher=Grupo Folha |accessdate=February 27, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228023002/http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/02/12/21 |archivedate=February 28, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was awarded as the Best Iberoamerican Film at the 14th Mar del Plata Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/24/ediciones_anteriores/www.mardelplatafilmfest.gov.ar/24/ediciones_anteriores/14.html |title=14º Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata |publisher=Mar del Plata Film Festival |accessdate=March 1, 2014 |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140301041646/http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/24/ediciones_anteriores/www.mardelplatafilmfest.gov.ar/24/ediciones_anteriores/14.html |archivedate=March 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the 31st Festival de Brasília, it won the Best Film, Best Actress (Patricia Pillar), and shared the Best Art Direction (Clóvis Bueno and Vera Hamburger) with ''Kenoma''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.uol.com.br/JC/_1998/2010/cc2010a.htm |title=Festival de Brasília consagra Traição |author=Filho, Kleber Mendonça |work=Jornal do Commercio |publisher=Universo Online |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111618/http://www2.uol.com.br/JC/_1998/2010/cc2010a.htm |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live |accessdate=March 1, 2014 |language=Portuguese }}</ref> Marco Nanini won Best Actor while Tavinho Moura won Best Music at the 3rd Brazilian Film Festival of Miami.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brazilianfilmfestival.com/miami/2010/miami_past_1999.html |title=3º Brazilian Film Festival of Miami |publisher=Brazilian Film Festival of Miami |accessdate=March 1, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704173344/http://www.brazilianfilmfestival.com/miami/2010/miami_past_1999.html |archivedate=July 4, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Category:1998 films Category:1998 comedy-drama films Category:Brazilian comedy-drama films Category:Films based on works by Eça de Queirós Category:Films directed by Helvécio Ratton Category:Films set in the 19th century Category:Films shot in Minas Gerais Category:Portuguese comedy-drama films Category:1990s Portuguese-language films Category:1998 Brazilian films Category:Portuguese-language comedy-drama films Category:1998 Portuguese films