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Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, Laura Cardoso, Luis Percy, Caio Ramos ... see more see more... , Eliana Couto , Miguel Lunardi , Mauro Jose , Eliana Cesar , Luiz Carlos Persy , Marcio Vito , Milene Pizarro

Regina (Fernanda Montenegro) is a retired divorcée living in Rio de Janeiro. She's estranged from her only son and his family because he's invited his father to live with him. She's devoted to her dog... read more read more..., Betina, and occupies her spare time as a member of the police force's special senior citizen program. Regina, operating under the code name "Snow White" spends a lot of her time looking for wrongdoers to report to the police. She spends her evenings looking out her apartment window with binoculars into the windows of her neighbors across the street. One night, she watches as an older gentleman appears to give his bedridden wife a lethal injection. She reports it to the police, but they back off when they learn that the gentleman, Carmago (Raul Cortez), is a respected member of the judiciary. Alcides (Luiz Carlos Persy), Regina's police contact, gets so much political flack that he kicks Regina out of the program. But Regina takes it upon herself to continue the investigation on her own. Carmago notices that he's been seeing her around a lot, and, thinking it's a coincidence, asks Regina out on a date. She accepts for the sake of her "investigation," but before long the two find that they are really hitting it off. The Other Side of the Street was co-written and directed by Marcos Bernstein, who co-wrote the script for Central Station, the film that earned Montenegro an Academy Award nomination. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Marcos Bernstein

Release Date: May 4, 2004

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DVD Release Date: July 19, 2005

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Steven Rea
June 9, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The Other Side of the Street is full of the stillness, and silences, of a life that's been muted and shut down.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
June 2, 2005
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A poignant little film that explores loss and new leases on life with intelligence and care. Full Review

Ruthe Stein
May 20, 2005
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

An appealingly quirky thriller from Brazil. Full Review

Ty Burr
May 20, 2005
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

[A] tough, sentimental Brazilian drama about two young souls distressed to find themselves in elderly bodies. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
May 6, 2005
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

The Other Side of the Street is more love story than thriller, with the mystery providing only slack tension and the December-December romance that ultimately develops between Regina and Camargo crack... Full Review

Jessica Reaves
April 28, 2005
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune

A languid, delicate character study; the strengths of the film are found in the loving yet unsentimental portrayal of its two intensely troubled, carefully drawn protagonists. Full Review

Mario Tarradell
April 21, 2005
Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News

The performances of Ms. Montenegro and Raul Cortez as Camargo light up the screen. Full Review

Carina Chocano
March 3, 2005
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

Rio's own Miss Marple? Sort of. Full Review

Russell Scott Smith
February 25, 2005
Russell Scott Smith, New York Post

A mystery that isn't suspenseful so much as realistic, in which the detective's motivation is understandable and the story moves the way life does, instead of as a thrill ride.

Stephen Whitty
February 25, 2005
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

And at its best, it not only shows us life on the other side of the courtyard. It shows us filmmaking on the other side of the hemisphere. Full Review

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