Little Secret (film)

Little Secret (Portuguese: Pequeno Segredo) is a 2016 Brazilian-New Zealand drama film directed by David Schurmann. The film was inspired by a true story involving Schurmann's adopted sister.^[2] It was released in Brazil in November 2016.^[3][4] It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[5][6]

Little Secret
Film poster
Directed by	David Schurmann
Written by	David Schurmann Victor Atherino Marcos Bernstein
Produced by	David Schurmann João Roni Vilfredo Schurmann
Starring	Marcello Antony Júlia Lemmertz Mariana Goulart Maria Flor Erroll Shand Fionnula Flanagan
Cinematography	Inti Briones
Edited by	Gustavo Giani
Music by	Antônio Pinto
Release date	22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) (Brazil)
Countries	Brazil New Zealand
Languages	Portuguese English
Box office	$265,028[1]

Cast

• Marcello Antony as Vilfredo Schurmann
• Júlia Lemmertz as Heloisa Schurmann
• Mariana Goulart as Kat Schurmann
• Maria Flor as Jeanne
• Erroll Shand as Robert
• Fionnula Flanagan as Bárbara

Reception and Controversies

A number of controversies were raised over the film, including the nonselection of Aquarius (film) as the Brazilian's entry to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards by the Ministry of Culture’s committee.^[7]

Critic Alcino Leite Neto, writing for Folha de S.Paulo, heavily criticized the film, calling it "one of the worst of the recent Brazilian films" and "an ocean of clichés and sentimentality".^[8]

Conversely, critic Luciano Trigo, writing for G1, praised the film saying that "Little Secret is indeed the best Brazilian film in the last few years. In style, form and content, it is fully accredited to compete and win the Oscar for Best Foreign Film". ^[9]

See also

• List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film