It’s a conundrum for Dona Flor, who admits being “happy,” but also seems to miss Valdinho. He drinks only on special occasions, is fiscally responsible (and wants her to keep teaching). Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is most known for its “steamy” sex scenes, and while there are many passionate moments, the film does feel a bit quaint nearly 50 years later.Īt the midpoint of the story, Dona Flor ends her period of mourning and meets Teodoro (Mauro Mendonça), a pharmacist who courts her. She begs him to stay home with her, but he always leaves for an “important meeting.” Valdinho is not just irresponsible towards his wife, he double talks his way out of a debt and borrows money from the local priest to fund his gambling efforts.īut the film indicates that the reason Dona Flor stays with him-she is encouraged to leave after her husband has not returned in several days-is because Valdinho is such a great lover. Teaching a cooking class, Valdinho sneaks in and grinds against one student while pinching another without much notice. He was also a womanizer who spent many a night at the brothel.Īll of that is true the first half of the film flashes back to Dona Flor and Valdinho’s relationship, and how they made love on their wedding night-before he went off to the casino to gamble. Valdinho was an inveterate gambler, and a drunk, who treated Dona Flor badly, even beating her up. At the funeral, folks pay their respects, but they also gossip. His wife, Dona Flor (Braga) is in shock and bereft. The story, sent in 1943 Bahia, opens on a Sunday morning during Carnival, where folks are dancing and carrying on in the street until one of the men, Valdinho (José Wilker), suddenly dies.
(The film has also been remade in Brazil as a feature in 2017, and it was the basis for a 2019 Mexican telenovela, among other iterations.) The film, which launched star Sonia Braga as the “Brazilian bombshell,” has been remade several times, most notably in 1982 as the poor (and PG-rated) Kiss Me Goodbye, starring Sally Field, Jeff Bridges, and the late James Caan, and, in 2009, as the gay Peruvian romance, Undertow. Starring Sonia Braga, José Wilker, and Mauro Mendonçaīruno Barreto’s enjoyable 1976 film version of Brazilian writer Jorge Amado’s 1966 novel, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, has just been issued on Bu-ray in a 4K restoration. Written by Bruno Barreto, Eduardo Coutinho, and Leopoldo Serran, based on the novel by Jorge Amado
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