Bela Donna (1998)
Release Year: 1998
Nation: Brazil, United States
Alternative Title: White Dunes, Бела Дона, 自主女郎, Ultimate Desire, Belladonna
Director: Fábio Barreto
Writer: Amy Ephron, Fábio Barreto, José Almino, José Lins do Rego
Production & Genre
Producer: producer: Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto
executive producer: Maria Da Salete
co-executive producer: Nathalie Hoffman, Marco Aurélio Marcondes, Piedad Palacios, Michael Shane
co-producer: Lenore Mohr, Ted Schachter
associate producer: Lucíola Vilella
Companies: Companhia de Imagem, Consórcio Europa Severiano Ribeiro, LC Barreto
Genre: Drama, Romance, Romance Film
Budget: $5,500,000 (estimated).
Awards & Similar
Awards:
Similar: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: adulterous wife, adultery, breast suckling, casual sex, ceara, cuckold, extramarital affair, female frontal nudity, female nudity, female rear nudity, female topless nudity, husband tries to murder his wife's lover, jealousy, kissing a married woman, leg spreading, marital infidelity, sex with a married woman, smitten by a beautiful woman, trophy wife, unfaithfulness
Story
In the 1930s, an American couple moves to the State of Ceará in Brazil. The husband arrives with the intention of finding oil. However, his beautiful wife, Donna, becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with a local fisherman who is rude but charming. This relationship threatens to destroy her marriage and cause scandal in their small village.
Summary
Bela Donna (1998) is a Brazilian-American drama film directed by Fábio Barreto. Set in the State of Ceará, Brazil during the 1930s, the movie centers around an American couple who relocate to the area for business purposes. The wife's extramarital affair with a local fisherman forms the crux of the narrative, causing tension and potentially disrupting the moral fabric of their small community.
