From the Beginning to the End (Do Começo ao Fim) (2009) directed by Aluisio Abranches

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Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.

Director: Aluisio Abranches

Writer: Aluisio Abranches

Release Date: 27 November 2009 (Brazil)
26 May 2010 (Seattle International Film Festival, USA)

Genre: Drama

Plot: This controversial Brazilian drama follows the love and sexual intimacy between two men…who are half-brothers.

There are not a lot of topics involving consenting adults that can really shock these days but this searing romantic drama about two brothers who love—incestuously – may well be one of them! Set in a sun-burnished Brazil, two boys, Francisco and his younger half-brother (same mother, different fathers) Thomás, are being raised in upper class comfort in Rio by their doting mother. Five years apart, the boys are best friends and unusually close to each other so much so that their intimacy brings vocal concerns from relatives that maybe they are too close. But the parents reluctantly brush away the concerns. Fast-forward several years with Francisco and Thomás now strikingly handsome, bronzed young men and their childhood intensity has evolved into a torrid sexual relationship. But when Thomás is offered a chance to train for the Brazilian swim team in Russia for a long period of time, the proposed separation brings fears that their love is threatened. Spectacularly shot amidst the mountains, beaches and grand estates of Brazil, this intense drama does not just live on the controversial subject matter but rather is a strikingly evocative romance of two men fighting against societal conventions.

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@Amazon: From Beginning to End
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Cast (in credits order)
Rafael Cardoso ... Thomás
João Gabriel Vasconcellos ... Francisco
Gabriel Kaufmann ... Thomás
Lucas Cotrin ... Francisco
Júlia Lemmertz ... Julieta
Fábio Assunção ... Alexandre
Louise Cardoso ... Rosa
Jean Pierre Noher ... Pedro 

      
Thomas & Francisco (adults)

 
Thomas & Francisco (children)

And now a little bit of Men Candy for you, remember it's Valentine's Day!

Rafael Cardoso, alone:

























Joao Gabriel Vasconcelos, alone:

















And the two hottie together:

Comments

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

I am in Brazil, I am really happy I got to see this movie! It's so amazing! Sweet and sexy and simply just so natural!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Psss, between us (and some hundreds in my flist ;-)), it has an happy end, hasn't it? Please tell me so! Elisa

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

He he :) Hmm... :P

Yep, it does! It made me even happier with the film, since I kinda feared it would fall into the moralist ending, with both of them "realising" they were getting things mixed up or something...

I am really glad it didn't happen!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Good! Now it's definitely in my wish list as soon as it will be available in DVD. Thank you! Elisa

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :)

Btw, there's a community on LJ about the film: pra_sempre.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know ;-) I'm watching it, but I think that living in Europe I will probably have first hand news when the film will be out here. One of the few time that living in Italy is giving me an advantage LOL Elisa

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was actually a suggestion of pimping, since there are icons there too :P

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

More people are speaking of it the better, so maybe an american producer will consider to buy it (TLA Releasing should really consider it). Communities help maintain the buzz and I'm sure that months after the release of the movie there will be a huge fandom going on. I bet this movie will be the next Brokeback Mountain, with the added value that here the characters are happy and alive! Elisa

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

I hope so! It would be awesome to have a fandom of a Brazilian filme!!!! ^_^