{"id":23,"date":"2019-03-14T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T09:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=23"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:09:57","slug":"director-murilo-benicio-on-his-award-winning-film-the-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"Director Murilo Benicio on his award-winning film &#8220;The Kiss&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> \u201cThe Kiss\u201d directed by Murilo Benicio took home the big win at <a href=\"http:\/\/iffny.com\/director-murilo-benicio-wins-big-in-new-york-with-the-kiss\/#more-2523\">IFFNY<\/a> with \u201cBest Feature Film\u201d Award, \u201cBest Actor Award\u201d Nomination for Lazaro Ramos, \u201cProduction Award\u201d Nomination and won the Festival Grand Prize for \u201cOutstanding Achievement in Acting\u201d for lead actor Lazaro Ramos.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What message do you want to convey with this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murilo Benicio:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Kiss. &nbsp;Is a story about how the press and the police destroy Arandir\u2019s (main character) life after he kissed a dying man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the film &#8220;The Kiss&#8221; about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cKiss\u201d is a play form Nelson Rodrigues, one of the most important Brazilian\u2019s playwrights. Besides the story itself, it is very important to show the world how amazing and important Nelson Rodrigues is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>he Red Carpet Opening Ceremony and the Awards Gala will take place at the renowned Kaufman Astoria Studios of New York. What do you want the audience at IFFNY to take away from this film?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murilo Benicio:&nbsp;<\/strong>Unfortunately I won\u2019t be able to be at the ceremony because I am about to start shooting my second film. I hope that \u201cThe Kiss\u201d will have a good acceptance and wish to be able to participate this Festival again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What makes a film great for you? Are there certain qualities that make a film better for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murilo Benicio:&nbsp;<\/strong>I think that what makes a good film is a good story with good acting and a  good directing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to someone who wants to have a career in filmmaking?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murilo Benicio:&nbsp;<\/strong>Start directing and testing your ideas even if is with your phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murilo Benicio:&nbsp;<\/strong>I start shooting my second film, \u201cPearl\u201d.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Kiss\u201d directed by Murilo Benicio took home the big win at IFFNY with \u201cBest Feature Film\u201d Award, \u201cBest Actor Award\u201d Nomination for Lazaro Ramos, \u201cProduction Award\u201d Nomination and won the Festival Grand Prize for \u201cOutstanding Achievement in Acting\u201d for lead actor Lazaro Ramos.&nbsp; What message do you want to convey with this project? Murilo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19410,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/19410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}