The Other Side of the Street
Synopsis
Sixty-five year old Regina lives alone with her faithful companion, Betina. Despite her extroverted nature, her ironic, uncensored tongue keeps most people at a safe distance.
To fill the human void in her life and feel useful, Regina serves on the neighborhood watch for the local police. Unfulfilled with her clear mandate to keep an eye out for illegally parked cars, jaywalkers, and pickpockets, Regina, aka, "Snow White", begins to seek out suspicious characters outside of banks, underage prostitution rings in local clubs, and other more interesting "perps".
One night, while "checking up" on her neighbors with her trusty binoculars from her window in the concrete jungle otherwise known as Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Regina’s eyes see a man apparently murdering his wife. Quickly, she calls the police, and while falling asleep in her chair, justice is apparently served on the other side of the street.
The next day, the local police chief informs Regina that the accused murderer, a...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Arte France Cinéma, Escazal Films
- Foreign production company : Columbia Tristar Films Buena Vista O Brasil
- Film exports/foreign sales : Playtime
- French distribution : Jangada Distribution
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriters : Marcos Bernstein, Mélanie Diamantas
- Director of Photography : Toca Seaba
- Music Composer : Guilherme Bernstein Seixas
- Editor : Marcelo Moraes
- Sound Recordist : Jorge Saldanha
- Costume designer : Cristina Kangussu
- Co-producer : Sophie Révil
- Press Attaché (film) : François Vila
- Sound Editor : Waldir Xavier
- Production Designer : Bia Junqueira
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : France, Brazil
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
