Instant Love

Original title: Pão de Açúcar

1964
1h 21m

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Pamela Jones, an American actress on holiday in Brazil meets coffee plantation owner Claudio DeSantis, falls in love with him and they get married. After living at his ranch for some time sh... Read allPamela Jones, an American actress on holiday in Brazil meets coffee plantation owner Claudio DeSantis, falls in love with him and they get married. After living at his ranch for some time she becomes increasingly frustrated by Claudio's insistence of maintaining the old tradition... Read allPamela Jones, an American actress on holiday in Brazil meets coffee plantation owner Claudio DeSantis, falls in love with him and they get married. After living at his ranch for some time she becomes increasingly frustrated by Claudio's insistence of maintaining the old traditions. His constant absences due to his work also leave her lonely. In his absence, Gary Wills... Read all

Director
- Paul Sylbert
Writers
- Guilherme Figueiredo
- Francis Swann
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5.1/10

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Director
- Paul Sylbert
Writers
- Guilherme Figueiredo
- Francis Swann
Stars

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The party seen in the movie is a "Festa Junina" (June Party), a traditional Brazilian party.

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5/10

not very good

Apparently, this film, Pao de Acucar, ran out of money and wasn't completed until later. It stars Rhonda Fleming and Rossano Brazzi. Fleming is Pamela Jones, an actress from America in Brazil on vacation. There, she meets and falls in love with Claudio DeSantis (Brazzi), a coffee plantation owner, and they marry.

Pamela isn't used to being a traditional wife, and Claudio has to be away for work much of the time. It's boring for her. She decides to leave him, but she's in for a surprise.

If it weren't for the color -- and how can you make a film with Rhonda Fleming without making it in color -- and Fleming's beauty and outfits -- this film wouldn't be worth watching. There's really not much to it.

A photographer once photographed Fleming with no special light, and also in unflattering, awful light, and guess what, she looked the same - gorgeous. While she was not Meryl Streep, she was a pretty good actress as well, though, with her looks, she wasn't given many opportunities to show her abilities. She acquits herself well here, though this wasn't a high point in anyone's career.