Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: Reaching for the Moon (2013)

Reaching for the Moon (2013) Bruno Barreto’s biopic - based on Carmen Oliveira’s 1995 best-seller, Rare and Commonplace Flowers: The Story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares - stars Miranda Otto and Glória Pires. Set largely in Petrópolis (north of Rio de Janeiro) between the years 1951 and 1967, it chronicles the tragic and tumultuous love affair between the American poet and Brazilian architect.   Not Rated: 1 hour 58 minutes.  Poet Laurie Byro to introduce the film.