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Lourenço Mutarelli

ロウレンソ・ムタレッリ

Rourenso Mutarelli

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964-04-18 （São Paulo, Brazil）
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese
Residence History
São Paulo (birthplace and main base of activity)

Career

Occupations
comic book artist, writer, actor, illustrator, playwright
Active Years
1989-
Influenced By
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

O Cheiro do Ralo

novel (black humor / dark fiction)

Mutarelli's early long-form work portraying urban alienation and obsessive characters through dark humor; adapted into the film 'Drained' (2006).

alienationurban lifeparanoiablack humor
Adaptations
  • [film] Drained / Heitor Dhalia (2006)

Jesus Kid

2004 novel / long-form with comic elements

One of Mutarelli's works mixing allegorical characters with violent and ironic depictions; published in the mid-2000s.

identityallegoryviolence

A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa

2008 novel

The novel that was adapted into the film 'Quando Eu Era Vivo' (2014); explores inner breakdown and the collapse of everyday life.

mental breakdowncollapse of everyday lifeloneliness
Adaptations
  • [film] Quando Eu Era Vivo (2014)

Miguel e os Demônios

2009 novel

A work containing fantastical and allegorical elements; depicts characters confronting their inner demons.

fantasyinner demonsallegory

Bibliography

  • O Cheiro do Ralo
  • O Natimorto
  • Jesus Kid
  • A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa
  • Miguel e os Demônios
  • Nada me Faltará
  • O grifo de Abdera
  • O filho mais velho de Deus e/ou Livro IV
  • Multiple comics (Solúvel, Impublicáveis, Transubstanciação, etc.)

Adaptations

  • O Cheiro do Ralo → film 'Drained' (2006)
  • A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa → film 'Quando Eu Era Vivo' (2014)
  • Appearances / cameos: 'Drained', 'Quando Eu Era Vivo', 'The Second Mother' (2015), etc.
  • Contributed illustrations and animated sequences for the film 'Nina' (2004)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
cold, restrained proseblack humorcontemporary realism focusing on interiorityblend of comic-book expression and literary technique
Recurring Motifs
alienation and lonelinessurban melancholiaself-destructive impulsesblurring of reality and fantasy

Legacy

Mutarelli, originating from the Brazilian underground comics scene, is noted for his provocative and introspective work; several titles have been adapted for film. He crosses comics, literature, and film with notable influence.

In Popular Culture

  • His novels adapted into films ('Drained', 'Quando Eu Era Vivo') have impacted popular culture.
  • Frequently referenced figure at Brazilian comics and literary events.

Trivia

  • Rose to prominence in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s.
  • Several of his novels have been adapted into films; he has also appeared as an actor in some adaptations.
  • Contributed illustrations and animated sequences for the film 'Nina' (2004).
  • The 2006 film 'Drained' is based on his first long-form literary work.