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• The rating [of "Aquarius"] was eventually brought down to 16 after the third appeal. Everything blew up after the second appeal because the press picked it up and spurred suspicions of persecution.

  Sonia Braga

  Aquarius, Rating, Appeals

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• ["Aquarius"] it had a bit of a rocky arrival in cinemas because we were given the 18+ rating, which did not make any sense in terms of the Brazilian rating system for a film like this.

  Sonia Braga

  Aquarius, Cinema, Film

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• The film [Aquarius" ] is very, very successful. We had the highest per-screen average of last week's releases.

  Sonia Braga

  Successful, Average, Aquarius

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• When I wrote the script [of "Aquarius"], it seemed to hold people's interest.

  Sonia Braga

  Aquarius, People, Scripts

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• Of course, I was a little concerned about it being over two hours [in "Aquarius" ]. "Neighboring Sounds" was two hours and eleven minutes. This is two hours and twenty-five minutes, and I did try bringing it down. For instance, I considered cutting out the sequence with the family looking at pictures.

  Sonia Braga

  Cutting, Aquarius, Two

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• I didn't want to overstate anything, but at the same time, the scene expands on some of the themes in the film [ "Aquarius"].

  Sonia Braga

  Aquarius, Want, Film

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• Ultimately, you just have to do what feels right for the film. It really helps when you have great collaborators like my editor, Eduardo Serrano, who kept telling me various scenes should be longer.

  Sonia Braga

  Editors, Helping, Film

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• These 150-minute superhero films that Hollywood is making are so concerned with their length that each scene doesn't have the time it needs to make sense.

  Sonia Braga

  Superhero, Hollywood, Needs

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• People have reacted to the length of "Aquarius" in very positive ways. For example, at the beginning, you have people in a car on the beach at night. One character says, "I'm going to play you this great track." She pushes in a cassette tape, and they listen to about 45 seconds of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." You can actually see the pleasure registering on their faces, but it takes time, and audiences have appreciated that.

  Sonia Braga

  Beach, Queens, Character

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• The reaction I got from Sônia [Braga] in less than 48 hours after I sent her the script [Aquarius] was so genuine that it left me stunned. Often when you show people scripts, you get polite, absent-minded reactions, as well as exclamations of "What the f - k is this?".

  Sonia Braga

  Aquarius, People, Scripts

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• When Sônia [Braga] talked about the script in detail, it was as if she had seen the film [Aquarius] last night, even though it hadn't existed yet. It was a completely bulls - t-less reaction, so I knew it had to be her, and she has been great ever since.

  Sonia Braga

  Night, Aquarius, Lasts

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• I'm 47 now, and I'm at that stage where I'm still young but I'm not young. I'm not old but I'm getting old, and I have stuff at home that reminds me of people and places.

  Sonia Braga

  Home, People, Stuff

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• When I talk to [my kids], I remember my father talking to me, so it's understandable that I would make a film like "Aquarius." A very good friend of mine saw the film, and she said it was clear that it had been made by someone who had just become a father.

  Sonia Braga

  Father, Kids, Good Friend

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• When you actually see it, it is quite strong, but there's nothing really pornographic about it. They are high-impact yet very short moments of sexuality, which makes it very confusing for the censors. If censors were merely human beings who watch a film ["Aquarius"] and come out with a conclusion about what they saw, then there wouldn't be a problem.

  Sonia Braga

  Strong, Impact, Aquarius

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• I like visual arts, and what I love doing is participating in the making of it.

  Sonia Braga

  Art, Visuals, Visual Art

  "Q&A: Sonia Braga plays the role of her life at 66". Associated Press Interview, www.dailymail.co.uk. December 2, 2016.

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• Today we find many actors, they are Latin, they are Hispanic, they are living in the Unites States, they are American, but very rarely you find them in a lead role.

  Sonia Braga

  Latin, Roles, Actors

  "Q&A: Sonia Braga plays the role of her life at 66". Associated Press Interview, www.dailymail.co.uk. December 2, 2016.

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• When was it that people decided as a society that your body is in one place and your sexuality in another place, something like a hat, or a coat, that when you leave home you hang it and when you come back home you say, "Ah! Let's wear my sexuality! I might wear it tonight"? It is something that belongs to your body.

  Sonia Braga

  Home, People, Tonight

  "Q&A: Sonia Braga plays the role of her life at 66". Associated Press Interview, www.dailymail.co.uk. December 2, 2016.

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• I didn't like the script [of Aquarius], I loved it.

  Sonia Braga

  Aquarius, Scripts

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• It's so sad to me [see the director's versions of films] because it shows how the filmmaker never got to make the film he had originally envisioned. You watch it and go, "Oh my god, he had to cut that scene! I can't believe it."

  Sonia Braga

  Believe, Cutting, Directors

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• It makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.

  Sonia Braga

  Father, Perspective, Film

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• I just realized the other day that Clara [in Aquarius] and I are now going to be apart year by year. She's still 65, and I'm 66 now. When you make a movie, it preserves you at a certain age, and it's so wonderful that Clara has preserved me at 65. People are talking about her age in a way that is positive and respectful, which is so wonderful.

  Sonia Braga

  Talking, Years, Aquarius

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.

  Sonia Braga

  People, Age, Needs

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• Everybody else is going to react differently to the film [Aquarius], but what I love about it is that both men and women are going to react to it because they will find themselves represented.

  Sonia Braga

  Men, Aquarius, Film

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• When I saw that scene [in ocean from the Aquarius] for the first time, it blew me away. It caused me to reflect on my age, my history and all that I've been through in Brazil. Having been away from Brazil for so long, while not speaking in my own tongue, when I saw that image, I felt like I was taking my first deep breath after nearly suffocating to death. It was like the plastic had been removed from my head. Even if this breath turned out to be my last, at least I got to have this one moment of release. At least I got this one chance.

  Sonia Braga

  Ocean, Aquarius, Long

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• It's a great role for any age. Any actress wishes they would find a screenplay that means as much to them as "Aquarius" meant to me, as a person and a citizen.

  Sonia Braga

  Mean, Aquarius, Wish

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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