The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Cover of the VHS release
Directed byGuilherme de Almeida Prado
Written byGuilherme de Almeida Prado
Produced bySara Silveira
StarringMaitê Proença
Antônio Fagundes
CinematographyCláudio Portioli
José Roberto Eliezer
Edited byJair Garcia Duarte
Music byHermelino Neder
Production
companies
Embrafilme
Star Filmes
Raiz
Distributed byEmbrafilme (theatrical)
CIC Video (home video)
Release date
  • September 1, 1988 (1988-09-01)[1][2]
Running time
115 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
Budget$450,000[3]

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema (Portuguese: A Dama do Cine Shanghai) is a 1988 Brazilian thriller film written and directed by Guilherme de Almeida Prado.[1][2] The film borrows some references from Hollywood films noirs of the 1940s, mainly Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai; its name is a play on the title of Welles's film.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b "A Dama do Cine Shanghai" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c ""A Dama do Cine Shangai" estréia em sete cinemas". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. September 9, 1988. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Onda internacional do filme B contagia o Brasil". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. January 20, 1989. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Pop Culture 101 - The Lady from Shanghai". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 6, 2014.