Product Details

• Actors: Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, Pedro Cardoso, Carlos Cunha
• Directors: Jorge Furtado
• Writers: Jorge Furtado
• Producers: Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues, Luciana Tomasi, Nora Goulart
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tla
• DVD Release Date: August 16, 2005
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009X75EM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,784 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Man Who Copied" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MAN WHO COPIED - DVD Movie

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does that sound boring? If you think so, you are wrong :), April 8, 2006

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M. B. Alcat "Curiosity killed the cat, but sa... (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man Who Copied (DVD)

Andre (Lazaro Ramos), a young man living in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is "The man who copied". That title may seem a little strange, but the truth is that it has a lot to do with his job: Andre is a photocopy operator.

Does that sound boring? If you think so, you are wrong, because photocopy operators like Andre can fall in love with someone they haven t even talked to, come up with strange and risky ideas to earn more money and yes, even rob banks.

All in all, I can say that I really liked this excellent Brazilian film, directed by Jorge Furtado, and I can recommend it to you. If you decide to watch it, pay attention to the great little twist at the end, because it changes the meaning of the whole movie.

Belen Alcat

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW surprisingly excellent little film, March 28, 2007

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Fellini's Hippocampus (Roma Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man Who Copied (DVD)

I didn't know what to expect from this film. I've seen "City of God" which was amazing but had no idea Brazil was consistently releasing films of that caliber. Definitely left me wanting more from Brazilian cinema! Very entertaining film with an excellent plot and rewarding ending.

Don't sleep on this one - worth checking out!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Brazilian Film with an Unpredictable End, March 27, 2010

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Compay (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man Who Copied (DVD)

This movie has everything you could ask for: a talented cast, a clever plot, and a totally unpredictable ending. Our "man who copies", André, is portrayed by gifted Brazilian actor Lázaro Ramos. I first became a fan of Ramos in his portrayal of the petty thug and drug-addled prisoner Ezequiel in Carandiru. Ramos totally loses himself as the passive copy shop worker, to the point where I didn't even realize it was the same actor as Carandiru until halfway through the film (he goes blond in the prison film).

Luana Piovani is painfully sexy as Marinês, and does a solid acting job as André's seductive co-worker. Leandra Leal and Pedro Cardoso also make for a great supporting cast, both having earned their stripes in Brazilian TV and cinema.

One of my favorite aspects of the film is the inclusion of animation, which does a great and funny job of telling André's story. Overall this was a fun film, and one of my favorite Brazilian movies.