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Spending summer vacation with her family in Buzios, Filipa, a fourteen-year old girl, suffers through the rite of passage into adulthood while discovering love for the first time. A rite filled with anguish when she learns that her father, a famous author, is betraying her mother with a foreign woman who lives in the small seaside town. But, this secret is to be only the first in a series of others, both enchanting and painful, which she discovers about her family and herself as well. —Cannes Film Festival

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Heitor Dhalia

Heitor Dhalia (born 18 January 1970) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He has directed five films since 1988. His film, À Deriva, competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. —Wikipedia 

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11Apr12

If ever I'm talking about the photographic or sensitive eye in cinema, this is where I will start.

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Meredith Taylor

21Dec11

a very sensual portrait of a young girl's romantic awakening...

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25Nov11

This is the only level of beauty I ever want to talk about.

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7May11

Cassel can do anything!

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À Deriva, de Heitor Dhalia

By Leonard​o Mascaro on March 31, 2012

Com apenas 3 longas em seu currículo, Heitor Dhalia já pode ser colocado no Hall da Fama do cinema nacional. 3 Filmes completamente distintos, e igualmente excelentes. Começou sua carreira em 2004…  read review

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