Summaries

Three control freaks lose the people they love.

Details

Keywords
  • freak
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Jun 6, 2007
Countries of origin Brazil
Language Portuguese
Filming locations São Paulo, Brazil
Production companies Globo Filmes 20th Century Fox Buena Onda

Box office

Budget $1500000
Gross worldwide $572836

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

'Nao Por Acaso' is the story of two control-obsessed characters: Enio, a supervisor at a traffic control operation centre and Pedro, a snooker player who seeks absolute mastery of his technique. Both find fulfilment in life by submerging themselves in a mathematical mindset that leads them towards the feeling of control they long for so much. But all this is thrown to the wind one day when both Enio's ex-wife and Pedo's wife die in a car accident.

Descending into the jagged world of his obsessive mind, Pedro despairs until he meets Lucia, a young woman with whom, in a parallel to his snooker techniques, he bizarrely tries to re-live the same exact moments he once lived with his wife.

Enio on the other hand, is forced to confront his loss through the mysterious appearance of his unknown daughter, who forces a somewhat clumsy relationship with him by deciding to look after him.

Eventually however, the two men must decide between their own obsessions and thenew opportunities life has given them.

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