Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum | |
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Directed by | Cao Hamburger |
Written by | Cao Hamburger José Rubens Chachá José Carvalho de Azevedo João Emanuel Carneiro Fernando Bonassi Victor Navas Anna Muylaert |
Produced by | Van Fresnot Alain Fresnot Cao Hamburger |
Starring | Diego Kozievitch Rosi Campos Sérgio Mamberti Marieta Severo |
Edited by | Michael Ruman |
Music by |
André Abujamra Lulu Camargo |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Budget | R$6,7–7 million [2] [3] |
Box office | R$3,031,875 [4] |
Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum is a 1999 Brazilian film directed by Cao Hamburger, based on the Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum TV series. [5]
In Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum 300-year-old Nino looks like he is eight or nine years old. Described by Graeber as a "Brazilian counterpart" to Harry Potter, Nino tries to write a book of spells. His aunt and uncle criticize his apprenticeship and Nino wants to play with ordinary children. Losangela, a relative, begins conspiring with real estate developers who hope to tear down Nino's family's mansion. [6]
Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum grossed R$3,031,875 and was watched by 725,329 people in the 134 Brazilian theaters in which it was released. [4] It was nominated for the 2nd Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Release, and Vera Hamburger and Clóvis Bueno won the Best Art Direction Award. [7] [8] At the 2000 Chicago International Children's Film Festival it won the "Children's Jury Prize – International Feature Film or Video - Live Action". [9] Critical-wise, Laurel Graeber of The New York Times said that it "charmingly captures the life of a Latin-style Addams Family." [6]