The Ballroom invites you to experience the lives loves and dreams of the patrons of a traditional Brazilian dance hall. Set over the course of one evening the film brings together a variety of characters who attend the ballroom each week and live for their moment on the dance floor. As they recall the past imagine the future have fun flirt fight and of course dance their passions and desires unfold in front of our eyes. An enormous hit in its native Brazil and set to an astounding soundtrack featuring songs performed by Elza Soares and Marku Ribu The Ballroom is passionate... drama of lives transformed and love invigorated by the magical power of the dance hall. [show more]
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Comedy drama from Brazilian director Lais Bodanzky revolving around the lives and loves of the dancers attending a local ballroom. Centred around the events of one night in a typical dancehall in Sao Paolo, the story follows the mostly middle-aged customers who attend the evening in the hope of finding new love, among them Alice (Tonia Carrero) and Alvaro (Leonardo Villar). As the evening progresses, and the passions rise, the love lives of the characters become increasingly entwined as they try to find the partner of their dreams.
THE BALLROOM is set in a decaying dance hall in Sao Paulo where a steady stream of regular customers keep the place in business; some are young but most are well into middle age if not older Alice meets Alvaro at the dance hall and while neither is as young as they once were they haven't given up on the possibility of discovering true love Marici and Eudes bump into one another on the train en route to the dance hall and while they both planned on going elsewhere before the end of the night it isn't long before the decide to stick around Marici also strikes up a friendship with Bel who came to dance but has become infatuated with the club's soundman Marquinhos However Eudes also has his eye on Bel much to Marici's chagrin And Elza and her friend Nice have shown up at the dance hall in hopes the men of their dreams might just stop by
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