A Grande Vitória

A Grande Vitória (English: The Great Victory) is a 2014 Brazilian sports drama film based on the book Aprendiz de Samurai by Max Trombini. This film adaptation was directed by Stefano Capuzzi Lapietra. Starring Caio Castro and Sabrina Sato, it tells the true story of the judoka Max Trombini, who had a humble and troubled childhood. Through judo, the boy becomes involved with martial arts principles and thus learns to settle down emotionally. He subsequently starts building a career, becoming one of the greatest judo coaches in Brazil.[1]

"Grande Vitória" redirects here. For the metropolitan area, see Greater Vitória.
A Grande Vitória
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStefano Capuzzi
Written byStefano Capuzzi
Paulo Marcelo do Vale Tavares
Based onAprendiz de Samurai
by Max Trombini
Produced byStefano Capuzzi
StarringCaio Castro
Sabrina Sato
Suzana Pires
Moacyr Franco
Music byJoão Carlos Martins
Production
company
Alfa Filmes
Distributed byDowntown Filmes
Paris Filmes
Release date
  • 8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) (Brazil)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Plot

Max Trombini had a humble and troubled childhood. Abandoned by the father when still young, he was raised by his mother and grandfather, who died when he was 11 years old. Disgusted, he began to get in all sorts of trouble in his hometown, Ubatuba, and then in Bastos, where he lived. It was through learning martial arts, particularly judo, through which he managed to level out emotionally and build a career.[2]

Cast

Production

In order to play the judoka Max Trombini, Caio used his own experience in the sport. He practiced judo as a child, but he didn't get very far in terms of graduation. Some scenes of the film were filmed at the traditional academy Vila Sônia, in São Paulo. It was there that the Olympic champion Aurélio Miguel began practicing the sport and where Caio made an immersion with renowned technicians as the masters Massao and Luiz Shinohara, current men's team coach.[3]

Trombini himself plays Ariovaldo, Max's P.E. teacher at school and one of his judo trainers.

References
  1. "Filme com Caio Castro aposta em sucesso fora do pódio para elevar judô". UOL. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. "A Grande Vitória". Cinema10. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. "Filme "A Grande Vitória" chega dia 8 de maio aos cinemas". CBJ. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
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