Good Manners (2017 film)

Good Manners
Theatrical release poster
PortugueseAs Boas Maneiras
Directed by
Written by
  • Juliana Rojas
  • Marco Dutra
Produced by
  • Sara Silveira
  • Maria Ionescu
  • Clément Duboin
  • Frédéric Corvez
Starring
CinematographyRui Poças
Edited byCaetano Gotardo
Music by
  • Guilherme Garbato
  • Gustavo Garbato
Production
companies
  • Dezenove Som e Imagem
  • Good Fortune Films
  • Urban Factory
Distributed by
  • Imovision (Brazil)
  • Jour2Fête (France)
Release dates
  • 6 August 2017 (2017-08-06) (Locarno)
  • 21 March 2018 (2018-03-21) (France)
  • 7 June 2018 (2018-06-07) (Brazil)
Running time
135 minutes
Countries
LanguagePortuguese
Box office$35,714[2]

Good Manners (Portuguese: As Boas Maneiras) is a 2017 dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, starring Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo and Cida Moreira.

The film follows a woman named Clara who takes a job as a housekeeper and nanny for a wealthy woman, only to realize that the job and the pregnancy are more complicated than she initially believed.

The film premiered at the 70th Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.[3] It was released in France on 21 March 2018 by Jour2Fête and in Brazil on 7 June 2018 by Imovision.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Good Manners (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (20 February 2018). "Distrib Films US Acquires Locarno's Jury Prize Winning 'Good Manners' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Les Bonnes Manières". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ^ "As Boas Maneiras". AdoroCinema (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2021.