Mango Yellow


Mango Yellow Portuguese Amarelo Manga is a 2002 Brazilian drama film directed by Cludio Assis. It stars Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Dira Paes, Chico Daz, and Leona Cavalli as workingclass people who engage in amorous and social encounters, with most of the action taking place in a hotel and a bar. The directorial debut of Assis, the film was partially inspired by his previous short film Texas Hotel. It was filmed on a low budget in the suburbs of Pernambuco.

The film opens with Lgia, a barmaid who is fed up with her grueling routine and who is forced to routinely turn down the sexual propositions of the bars customers. One of the men who hits on Lgia is Isaac, a necrophiliac who enjoys sodomizing corpses and drinking their blood. He lives at the Texas Hotel, where Dunga, a gay man, works as a handyman. Dunga is attracted to Wellington, a butcher who delivers meat to the hotel. Wellington, however, is married to Kika, a woman who is proud to be an evangelical Christian. However, Wellington cheats on his wife with a woman named Dayse. Dayse tires of being Wellingtons mistress and tells Dunga about the relationship.Dunga anonymously reveals to Kika that her husband is cheating on her, thinking that if he can destroy their marriage, then he and Wellington can become lovers. Kika finds Wellington and Dayse together, attacks them, and then leaves for good. Wellington goes to the Texas Hotel to seek solace. Dunga wants to take Wellington up to his room, but Wellington is put off by the funeral of the recently deceased owner of the hotel. Meanwhile, Isaac is thrown out of the bar after trying to forcibly grab Lgia. He is then seen driving his car and when he meets Kika, he takes her to his apartment and they have sex. As the film concludes, Lgia is shown again complaining about her routine. This is followed by a montage of everyday city life, ending with Kika deciding to dye her hair the same shade that made Isaac so attracted to Lgia. ........

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