Clarice Lispector’s story was considered unfilmable, but it arrives in theaters at the hands of Luiz Fernando Carvalho, also director of ‘Lavoura Arcaica’, with Maria Fernanda Cândido as the protagonist – a woman who will fall apart; Read interviews.
The Passion According to G.H., by Clarice Lispector, has always been considered an “unfilmable” book. Not for director Luiz Fernando Carvalho and actress Maria Fernanda Cândido, who are longtime partners. The two release the homonymous film this Thursday, 11, in Brazilian cinemas, after showing it at the Rotterdam Film Festival in January.
“I had no hesitation, but I was aware of the size of the challenge,” said the actress in an interview with Estadão, in São Paulo. “I admire Luiz’s courage a lot, because we don’t work comfortably, and this is very faithful to the book. That’s what Passion According to G.H. is.”