Cinderela Pop
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| Directed by | Bruno Garotti |
| Written by | Bruno Garotti Flávia Lins e Silva |
| Based on | Cinderela Pop by Paula Pimenta |
| Starring | Maisa Silva Filipe Bragança Fernanda Paes Leme |
Production companies | Galeria Distribuidora Miravista Pictures |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Cinderela Pop, also known as DJ Cinderella, is a 2019 Brazilian romance film directed by Bruno Garotti and written by Bruno Garotti and Flávia Lins e Silva.[1]
Plot
Cíntia Dorella (Maisa Silva) was a romantic 17-year-old girl who lived with her parents in a big and beautiful home. She sees her world crumble when she realizes that her father Cesar (Marcelo Valle) was cheating on her mother Ana (Miriam Freeland) with her evil stepmother Patricia (Fernanda Paes Leme) by kissing her behind a closed curtain (which her daughter, Graziele (Leticia Pedro) opened) during her parents' anniversary party, ultimately ending the parents marriage. Cesar eventually marries Patricia, causing Cintia to gain 2 new stepsisters.
After her parent's divorce, Cintia moves in with her aunt Helena (Elisa Pinheiro) and her boyfriend Rafael (Sérgio Malheiros), who taught Cintia lessons on DJing. Since Cintia wanted to be a professional DJ, she always begged Rafael to get her to play at parties. Rafael always let her, so he can have more time to relax.
The first time Rafael let her DJ was at a senior pool party, and an elder lady asked her to turn the music down. Cintia refused, because she if she turned down the music, then no one will be able to hear it. This annoyed the lady, which led her ask Cintia's name so she can complain to the party host. Cintia gave her her name, but instead of hearing Cintia Dorella, the lady thought she said "Cinderella".
Freddy Prince, a boy who became famous by writing love songs, got invited to perform at Cintia's step sisters' birthday party. Cintia was invited by her father, but turned down the invitation.
Rafael asked Cintia to DJ for him at this "party". When she got to the event, she found out that she was actually performing at her stepsisters' party, and would have to do so until Freddy arrived. Freddy arrives at the party, and starts getting ready to perform when he hears a remix that Cintia made with one of his songs. With a masquerade mask on, he goes to the DJ booth where Cintia is DJing. Even though Cintia was in a mask, he instantly falls in love with her. When Cintia is called up by Freddy to dance with him, Cintia doesn't go, afraid of the disapproval of her father. Since the party, Freddy keeps trying to find Cintia's identity, but fails.
Cíntia ends up falling in love with Freddy after finding out each other's identitys, but has to deal with Patricia, who doesn't want them together. Cintia's mother shows up, overpowering Patricia. In the end, Patricia's daughters weren't even that bad. One of them even helped prove how evil Patricia is. Freddy and Cintia end up dating. Both of them work together to improve their music and become very successful in the music industry. Patricia goes back to live with her mom, who lives in a very small house and forces Patricia to clean all day.
Cast
- Maisa Silva as Cíntia Dorella
- Filipe Bragança as Freddy Prince
- Fernanda Paes Leme as Patrícia
- Letícia Faria Pedro as Graziele
- Kiria Malheiros as Gisele
- Elisa Pinheiro as Helena Dorella
- Giovanna Grigio as Belinha
- Miriam Freeland as Ana Dorella
- Marcelo Valle as César Dorella
- Bárbara Maia as Lara
- Sergio Malheiros as Rafael
- Leo Cidade as André
- Matheus Costa as Diego
- Isabel Fillardis as Lúcia
Production
Filming took place in Rio de Janeiro in June and July 2018, and lasted five weeks.[2][3]
Critical reception
Julia Sabbaga, reviewing for Omelete, published a positive review saying that "Cinderella's great triumph" is a version meaning of "such an old plot," casting a spice of Cinderella in a romantic comedy without any outdated meaning in no time."[4]
Sérgio Rizzo, writing for O Globo was the least complimentary in his comment: "The realism of the original plot, with a language that can easily be localized, gives way to a caricature custody of those who have 'new money'."[5]
References
- ^ "DJ Cinderella Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ "Filme "Cinderela Pop": passamos um dia com Maisa Silva, Giovanna Grigio e mais no set de gravações!". 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Maisa Silva finaliza gravações do filme "Cinderela Pop": "Realização de um sonho"". 10 July 2018.
- ^ Julia Sabbaga (28 February 2019). "Cinderela Pop". Omelete. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ Sérgio Rizzo (27 February 2019). "Crítica: 'Cinderela pop'". O Globo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
External links
- DJ Cinderella. Netflix.
- Cinderela Pop at IMDb
- Cinderela Pop at Rotten Tomatoes