Hopefuls
Aspirantes
Synopsis
Junior, as he’s known, since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. He shares cheap lodgings with another fellow and earns money doing strenuous night shifts at a warehouse. It’s no surprise that he lives for football and desperately hangs onto the dream of perhaps every Brazilian kid – to become a famous player. Although he trains hard with his amateur team, he’s not one of the best. He won’t admit to the mounting jealousy he feels as he watches his talented friend doing extremely well on the pitch. What’s more, his prospects don’t look so rosy now that his young girlfriend Carine is pregnant, and he also has to deal with her dominant mother poking her nose in...
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Film Trailer: Aspirantes / Hopefuls
Type: Trailer • Published 2015-07-01
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Ives Rosenfeld
- Screenplay & Story
- Ives Rosenfeld, Pedro Freire
- Original Title
- Aspirantes
- Country of Origin
- Brazil
- Spoken Languages
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Ives Rosenfeld
Ives Rosenfeld, Pedro Freire
Pedro Faerstein
Karen Akerman
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Ives Rosenfeld
Director
Ives Rosenfeld
Writer
Pedro Freire
Writer
Pedro Faerstein
Director of Photography
Karen Akerman
Editor
Ana Paula Cardoso
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What is Hopefuls about?
Junior, as he’s known, since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. He shares cheap lodgings with another fellow and earns money doing strenuous night shifts at a warehouse. It’s no surprise that he lives for football and desperately hangs onto the dream of perhaps every Brazilian kid – to become a famous player. Although he trains hard with his amateur team, he’s not one of the best. He won’t admit to the mounting jealousy he feels as he watches his talented friend doing extremely well on the pitch. What’s more, his prospects don’t look so rosy now that his young girlfriend Carine is pregnant, and he also has to deal with her dominant mother poking her nose in...
Who directed Hopefuls?
Hopefuls was directed by Ives Rosenfeld.
Who stars in Hopefuls?
The principal cast of Hopefuls includes Ariclenes Barroso, Sergio Malheiros, Julia Bernat, Julia Bernat, Karine Teles.
When was Hopefuls released and how long is it?
Hopefuls was released in 2015 with a total runtime of 1h 15m.