Variações: Guardian Angel

Original title: Variações

2019
1h 49m

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7.1/10

3.9K

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Sérgio Praia in Variações: Guardian Angel (2019)

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A biopic about António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984.A biopic about António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984.A biopic about António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 33 wins & 32 nominations

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Trivia
The family of António Variações lent the original tapes ("cassetes") to the production, so the handwriting on the covers are from António himself.

Quotes
Fernando Ataíde: I don't know if you'll be able to adapt to all this.
António Variações: And who told you that I want to adapt to Lisbon? It is Lisbon that will adapt to me!

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7/10

One of the best portuguese movies ever, but...

I was expecting more. I mean, sometimes the plot of Variações is shallow. I finished this film without knowing anything new about this great artist. The movie shows us just the fight of António to be a singer and one important relationship in his life, however never goes too far and it's afraid of explore the deepest points of his life and personality. However the cinematography, the scenarios and the "clothes" are incredible, it portrays very well the portuguese culture during the 70s/80s. I also loved Sérgio Praia's performance, he's amazing and I hope to watch him in more great productions.

It's not perfect, but is the movie that Portugal needs to show to the world how we can also do great films, we just need dedication and passion as a lot of people from this crew had.