O convite ao prazer

  • 109'
  • Brazil
  • 1980
Narrating the extra-marital adventures of Luciano, a middle-class dentist, and Marcelo, a wealthy businessman, who renew their curious friendship after a lengthy hiatus, Invitation to Pleasure is a not-so-distant sister piece to Walter Hugo Khouri’s better-known 1960s films about alienated big city dwellers.
Touching on similar existential dread - this time largely through the lens of pathologically sex-obsessed white males - Luciano leeches off Marcelo, whose luxurious lifestyle attracts a vast array of beautiful women. Parallel to this, the men’s wives - Anita and Ana - contemplate a radical course of action in the light of their husbands’ betrayals.
Drawing from Antonioni and Bergman, while also folding in uniquely Brazilian themes, Invitation to Pleasure is a complex look at the male psyche, underlining ambivalence even as it relishes the exquisite physiques of its Boca starlets.

Director
Walter Hugo Khouri
Country of production
Brazil
Year
1980
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
109'
Medium
HDcam
International title
Invitation to Pleasure
Languages
Portuguese, English
Producer
Antonio Galante
Production Companies
Galante Filmes Ltda, W.H.K.Cinema
Sales
Galante Filmes Ltda
Screenplay
Walter Hugo Khouri
Cinematography
Antonio Meliande
Editor
Gilberto Wagner
Production Design
Campelo Neto
Music
Rogerio Duprat
Cast
Roberto Maya, Helena Ramos
Director
Walter Hugo Khouri
Country of production
Brazil
Year
1980
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
109'
Medium
HDcam
International title
Invitation to Pleasure
Languages
Portuguese, English
Producer
Antonio Galante
Production Companies
Galante Filmes Ltda, W.H.K.Cinema
Sales
Galante Filmes Ltda
Screenplay
Walter Hugo Khouri
Cinematography
Antonio Meliande
Editor
Gilberto Wagner
Production Design
Campelo Neto
Music
Rogerio Duprat
Cast
Roberto Maya, Helena Ramos