The Vulgar Hours


The Vulgar Hours is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Rodrigo de Oliveira and Victor Graize based on the novel Reino dos Medas, by Reinaldo Santos Neves.
It was shot in black-and-white in Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo state, in 2011. The film Regular Lovers, directed by Philippe Garrel, served as a reference. The soundtrack was composed by Fabiano Aguilar and consists mostly of jazz.

Plot

Lauro is a young painter taken by an existential malaise. By dawn in the city of Vitoria, he walks and find some friends to say that those are his last hours of life.

Cast

  • João Gabriel Vasconcellos as Lauro
  • Rômulo Braga as Théo
  • Tayana Dantas as Ana
  • Higor Campagnaro as Fra
  • Thaís Simonassi as Clara
  • Sara Antunes as Júlia
  • Julia Lund as Erika
  • Raphael Sil as Negro
  • Abner Nunes as Eric
  • Murilo Abreu as Gil