{{short description|1996 film directed by Lírio Ferreira}} {{Infobox film | name = Perfumed Ball | image = Perfumed Ball.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Lírio Ferreira<br>Paulo Caldas | producer = Aniceto Ferreira<br>Beto Monteiro | writer = Hilton Lacerda<br>Lírio Ferreira<br>Paulo Caldas | starring = Duda Mamberti<br>Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos<br>Aramis Trindade<br>Chico Diaz | music = Paulo Rafael | cinematography = Paulo Jacinto dos Reis | editing = Vânia Debs | studio = Saci Filmes | distributor = RioFilme | released = {{film date|1996|||Festival de Brasília|1997|7|26}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = Brazil | language = Portuguese | budget = | gross = R$326,879<ref>{{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=live | page=38 }}</ref> }} '''''Perfumed Ball''''' ({{langx|pt|'''Baile Perfumado'''}}) is a 1996 Brazilian film directed by Lírio Ferreira and Paulo Caldas. Starring Duda Mamberti and Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, it shows the history of how Benjamin Abrahão befriended Lampião, the leader of the Cangaço, and filmed his crimes — a feat the Brazilian army was not able to accomplish.<ref name=variety>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/perfumed-ball-1117432671/ | title=Review: 'Perfumed Ball' | author=Young, Deborah | date=June 18, 1997 | work=Variety | accessdate=February 1, 2014}}</ref> It used footage taken in 1936 for Abrahão's 1959 film ''Lampião, o Rei do Cangaço''.<ref name=cinemateca>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=015142&format=detailed.pft#1 | title=Baile Perfumado | publisher=Cinemateca Brasileira | accessdate=February 1, 2014 | language=Portuguese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314234835/http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID%3D015142&format=detailed.pft#1 | archive-date=March 14, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=036862&format=detailed.pft#1 | title=Lampião, o Rei do Cangaço | publisher=Cinemateca Brasileira | accessdate=February 1, 2014 | language=Portuguese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314094329/http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID%3D036862&format=detailed.pft#1 | archive-date=March 14, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Cast== *Duda Mamberti as Benjamin Abrahão *Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos as Lampião *Aramis Trindade as lieutenant Lindalvo Rosas *Chico Diaz as colonel Zé de Zito *Joffre Soares as Padre Cícero *Cláudio Mamberti as colonel João Libório *Germano Haiut as Ademar Albuquerque *Zuleica Ferreira as Maria Bonita
==Reception== The film entered the 1996 Festival de Brasília, where it won awards for Best Film, Best Newcomer Director, Best Art Direction (Adão Pinheiro), Best Supporting Actor (Aramis Trindade) and shared the Critic's Choice Award with ''Um Céu de Estrelas''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.senado.gov.br/atividade/pronunciamento/detTexto.asp?t=196804 | title=Atividade Legislativa - Pronunciamentos - Senado Federal | author=Freire, Roberto | date=November 6, 1996 | publisher=Federal Senate | accessdate=March 1, 2014 | language=Portuguese | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301060745/http://www.senado.gov.br/atividade/pronunciamento/detTexto.asp?t=196804 | archivedate=March 1, 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> It was released in Brazilian theatres on July 26, 1997.<ref name=cinemateca/> It was shown at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, at the 1998 Chicago Latino Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/524109/perfumed-ball#notes | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224022536/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/524109/Perfumed-Ball/#notes | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 24, 2014 | title=Perfumed Ball (1997) - Miscellaneous Notes | publisher=Turner Classic Movies | access-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> and won the Coral Prize for Best Film Poster at the 19th Havana Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.habanafilmfestival.com/noticias/index.php?newsid=392 | title=Premios 19na Edición del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano | publisher=Havana Film Festival | accessdate=March 1, 2014 | language=Spanish | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301052916/http://www.habanafilmfestival.com/noticias/index.php?newsid=392 | archivedate=March 1, 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> The movie is considered an important mark in Pernambuco's cinema industry, being one of the Pernambuco's first films to be acclaimed by international critics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinema.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/08/23/vitoria-de-tatuagem-em-gramado-reafirma-forca-do-cinema-pernambucano.htm | title=Prêmios para "Tatuagem" reafirmam força do cinema pernambucano | author=Zendron, Mariane | publisher=Universo Online | accessdate=February 1, 2014 | language=Portuguese}}</ref> For example, Deborah Young of ''Variety'' said it "has a deliberately naive look that keeps it fresh, plus amusing dialogue and cast."<ref name=variety/> She especially praised its "imaginative camera style" as it "uses a quasi-expressionist palette and camera angles".<ref name=variety/>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0118674}}
{{Candango Award for Best Film}}
Category:1996 films Category:1996 drama films Category:Brazilian drama films Category:Films set in the 1930s Category:Films set in Brazil Category:Films shot in Recife Category:1990s Portuguese-language films Category:1996 directorial debut films Category:1996 Brazilian films Category:Portuguese-language drama films