Reaching For The Moon

Director: Bruno Barreto

Runtime: 118 minutes

Brazil 2013

English

Institute of Contemporary Art

Based on the true love story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares. Frustrated poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Brazil and encounters the beguiling architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Initial hostilities make way for a complicated yet long-lasting love affair that dramatically alters Bishop’s relationship to the world around her. Anchored by magnificent lead performances from Miranda Ottoand Glória Pires, Reaching for the Moon is an intimate snapshot of the search for inspiration, wherever and however you find it.