Drained

Drained, originally titled O Cheiro do Ralo, is a 2006 Brazilian film based on a novel by Lourenço Mutarelli. It is directed by Heitor Dhalia, and stars Selton Mello. The film was produced by Geração Conteúdo, Primo Filmes & RT Features.

Plot

Lourenço is a lonely pawn shop owner. His work has made him insensitive to the suffering of those who desperately seek to sell him their personal possessions. Lourenço's lack of emotions makes him deal with the world as a collection of objects to be bought. He begins to play power games with his customers, and derives pleasure from it.

Lourenço narrates the movie, and throughout the plot he reveals his growing lust for power. The name of the movie ("The Smell from the Drain") comes from an insistent bad odour that comes from the restroom in Lourenço's office. Lourenço's lust for power is symbolized by the smell from the drain in his office. The drain smells from his feces. He slowly comes to realize that the stench from the drain comes from him. Lourenço's life changes when he becomes infatuated with a local waitress, in particular her butt. Yet, her butt becomes yet another object to him, and as with any other object, he desires to possess it. In the end, he destroys the beauty of the woman's behind by paying her to see it.

Cheiro

William John Warner, known as Cheiro, (November 1, 1866 – October 8, 1936) was an Irish astrologer and colorful occult figure of the early 20th century. His sobriquet, Cheiro, derives from the word cheiromancy, meaning palmistry. He was a self-described clairvoyant who taught palmistry, astrology, and Chaldean numerology. During his career, he was celebrated for using these forms of divination to make personal predictions for famous clients and to foresee world events.

Personal life and background

Cheiro was born in a village outside Dublin, Ireland. He took the name Count Louis Hamon (or Count Leigh de Hamong).

As mentioned in his memoirs, Cheiro acquired his expertise in India. As a teenager, he traveled to the Bombay port of Apollo Bunder. There, he met his Guru, an Indian Brahmin, who took him to his village in the valley of the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Later Cheiro was permitted by Brahmans to study an ancient book that has many studies on hands; the pages of the book were made of human skin and written with gold and it is still guarded and protected with great care. After studying thoroughly for two years, he returned to London and started his career as a palmist.

Ralo

Ralo is a town in the Poa Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso. It has a population of 2,913.

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