The Man Who Copied

(2003)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 384 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Crime

Year: 2003

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Jorge Furtado

Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, Pedro Cardoso, Carlos Cunha Filho, Júlio Andrade, Gregory Garcia, Sheron Menezzes, Heitor Schmidt, Paulo José

Plot

A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.

André, relatively poor, falls in love with Silvia, a neighbor he spies on with a telescope. Falling more and more in love with her, he begins to follow her around the city and realizes she works in a clothing shop. He works in a Xerox place and makes a copy of a brand new $50-bill to buy a dress from her store. This becomes a vice and he begins to photocopy more and more money, until it gets out of control. Things go wrong when he decides that photocopying is not the only way to make money.