Little Book of Love
1996, NR, 91 min.
Directed by Sandra Werneck, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Andréa Beltrão, Daniel Dantas, Tony Ramos, Monica Torres, Gloria Pires.

Equal time is given to male and female perspectives in this take on modern Brazilian love. A romantic comedy, Little Book of Love looks at the stages of a couple’s affair and divides them into alphabetically arranged scenes. Quickly edited scenes are mixed with documentary stylings to present a fresh study of courtship.

This article appears in September 3 • 1999.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.