Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon (, "Rare Flowers") is a 2013 Brazilian biographical drama film, written by Julie Sayres and Matthew Chapman, directed by Bruno Barreto. The film is based on the book Flores Raras e Banalíssimas (in English, Rare and Commonplace Flowers), by Carmem L. Oliveira. The film dramatizes the love story of the American poet Elizabeth Bishop and the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Set largely in Petrópolis between the years 1951 and 1967, the film tells the story of Bishop's passionate and often tumultuous life with Soares in Brazil. Cast Glória Pires as Lota de Macedo Soares Miranda Otto as Elizabeth Bishop Tracy Middendorf as Mary Morse Treat Williams as Robert Lowell Marcello Airoldi as Carlos Lacerda Lola Kirke as Margaret Luciana Souza as Joana Tânia Costa as Dindinha Marianna Mac Nieven as Malu Release Reaching for the Moon had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, before screening at Tribeca Film Festival and opening the 2014 Mardi Gras Film Festival.