Reaching for the Moon (2013)
• February 9th, 2013 • 1h 58min
Drama, Romance
Overview
In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Galileo Galilei
Released on: 1909-05-15
Drama, History
Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his da...
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Released on: 1942-05-29
Drama, Music
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. ...
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Released on: 2005-06-09
War, Drama, Adventure, Romance
A comic study of 20th century history, reconstructing the life of one Tulse Luper, a writer, project...
By Player
Released on: 2000-12-02
Drama, Romance
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dia...
The Life of Chikuzan
Released on: 1977-03-17
Drama, History
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shami...
Reagan
Released on: 2024-08-29
History, Drama
Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked ...
Just Friends
Released on: 2019-05-25
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his...
Sister My Sister
Released on: 1994-12-15
Drama, Thriller
A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close siblin...
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Released on: 1961-06-11
Crime, Drama
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
Victim
Released on: 1961-08-01
Drama, Crime, Thriller
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, t...
Hell to Eternity
Released on: 1960-08-01
Drama, War
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-...
Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane
Released on: 2002-09-25
Drama, Animation, History, Adventure
At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the Eas...
A Ray of Sun
Released on: 1997-01-05
Drama
Renzo and Roberto Rossellini - Two Brothers on their Journey towards the Unknown, sharing a life tog...
Blood Runs Coal
Released on:
Crime, Drama
After a miner is killed by a corrupt union leader, his son, an attorney, embarks on a quest for just...
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
Released on: 1992-11-22
Drama, TV Movie
A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.
Jolson Sings Again
Released on: 1949-08-17
Drama, Music
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the st...
Scott of the Antarctic
Released on: 1948-11-29
Adventure, Drama, History
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be...
The Babe Ruth Story
Released on: 1948-09-16
Drama
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run h...
Words and Music
Released on: 1948-12-31
Drama, Music
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richa...
Anna and the King of Siam
Released on: 1946-08-11
Drama, Romance
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.