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Directed by | Jorge Durán |
Produced by | Jorge Durán Suzana Amado Adrian Solar |
Written by | Jorge Durán Dani Patarra |
Starring |
Caio Blat Maria Flor Alexandre Rodrigues |
Music by | Mauro Senise |
Cinematography | Luis Abramo |
Edited by | Pedro Durán |
Production
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El Desierto Filmes
Ceneca Produciones Media Pro Antonioli & Amado Quanta |
Distributed by | RioFilme Mais Filmes |
Release date
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Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | Brazil Chile Spanish |
Language | Portuguese |
Budget | R$1,595,309 |
Box office | R$298,600 |
Forbidden to Forbid (Portuguese: Proibido Proibir; Spanish: Prohibido Prohibir; also known as É Proibido Proibir) is a 2006 Brazilian-Chilean-Spanish drama film directed by Jorge Durán. It stars Caio Blat, Maria Flor and Alexandre Rodrigues as teenagers in a love triangle.
Durán searched locations to film during three months, with the filming itself tooking place in five weeks in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. After four weeks of production, the editing lasted four months.
Forbidden to Forbid won the Films in Progress Award of the 53rd San Sebastián International Film Festival, and the Best Screenplay and New Director of the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva. It won the 2nd FestCine Goiânia for the Best Film, Best Actor for Alexandre Rodrigues, and Best Editing. Durán won the Best Director Award at the Valdivia International Film Festival, while Blat received the Best Actor Award of the Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira. At the 11th Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, it won the Best Film Award, Best Director, and Best Actor Award for Blat. It won the Jury Special Award of the 28th Havana Film Festival and of the 4th Quito Festival Cero Latitud, as well as the Best Film Award of the 2006 Biarritz Film Festival and of the 2006 Viña del Mar Film Festival. It also received a Margarida de Prata Award from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.