Plot Summary

The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.

Movie Details

Original Title
O Livro dos Prazeres
Status
released
Original Language
pt

Where to watch free (US)

Kanopy
Hoopla
Fawesome

Production Companies

Big Bonsai
Cinematográfica Marcela
Rizoma Films logoRizoma Films
República Pureza Filmes logoRepública Pureza Filmes
Canal Brasil logoCanal Brasil