In addition to ‘The Hunger Games’, check out films that enriched and challenged the actress’s career.
Cinema is full of great talents and, with each generation, new faces appear to contribute to films that may or may not be a success. Jennifer Lawrence was one of those faces, but anyone who thinks she is just a pretty face is mistaken.
Conquering an increasing space in cinema, the actress has been in films that were critical and box office successes, such as “The Hunger Games” , where she played (and immortalized) Katniss Everdeen, and “Silver Linings Playbook” , a sensitive feature, where the troubled Tiffany lives.
Recently in “Mother” , an intense feature full of interesting questions, Jennifer Lawrence proves that her career has only grown and, with that in mind, Guia da Semana lists 10 films starring her that you need to watch. Check out:
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Franchise – The Hunger Games
In the region formerly known as North America, the Capital of Panem controls 12 districts and forces them to choose a boy and a girl, known as tributes, to compete in an annual televised event. All citizens watch the dreaded games, in which young people fight to the death, so that only one emerges victorious. Young Katniss Everdeen of District 12 relies on her hunting skills, archery prowess, and keen instincts in this deadly competition.
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Mother
A couple lives in a mansion in the countryside. While the young wife spends her days restoring the place, damaged by a fire, the older husband desperately tries to regain the inspiration to write the poems that made him famous again. However, the peaceful days are transformed, as several guests begin to arrive at the residence and, hiding their true intentions, cause the marriage to be tested in the most different ways.
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The good side of life
After a difficult phase in his life, Pat Solitano Jr. is willing to move on and win back his ex-wife. Through friends, he meets Tiffany, who promises to help him with the task of winning back. An unexpected connection begins to bring them together.
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Serena
In 1929, newlyweds George and Serena travel from Boston to the mountains of North Carolina, where they intend to found a lumber company. George has a secret: he is the illegitimate father of a child with young Rachel Harmon. When Serena learns that she will not be able to be a mother, she decides to kill George’s son. Now, mother and son will have to fight for their lives.
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Passengers
Two passengers wake up 90 years earlier than scheduled during a routine space flight due to a malfunction in their cabins. Alone, Jim and Aurora begin to strengthen their relationship. However, peace is threatened when they discover that the ship is in serious danger and that they are the only ones capable of saving the more than five thousand colleagues in deep sleep.
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Operation Red Sparrow
Talented ballerina Dominika Egorova finds herself in trouble when she is convinced to become a Sparrow, that is, a seductress trained at the best Russian spy school. After going through the arduous learning process, she becomes the most talented spy in the country and must deal with CIA agent Nathaniel Nash. The two, however, end up developing a forbidden passion that threatens not only their lives, but also those of other people.
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Joy – The Name of Success
Joy is a brilliant young woman, but she leads an extremely complicated personal life. She is divorced and has two children. Her ex-husband lives in the basement of her house, while her mother lives upstairs and spends all day watching soap operas. And her father, divorced from her mother for 17 years, also lives in the same house. Creative since childhood, Joy invents a miracle cleaning mop that becomes a sales phenomenon and makes her one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the United States.
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Cheating
Irving is a great trickster, who works alongside his partner and lover Sydney. The two are forced to collaborate with an FBI agent, infiltrating him into the dangerous and seductive world of the mafia. At the same time, the trio becomes involved in the country’s politics, through candidate Carmine. The plans seem to work, until Irving’s wife, Rosalyn, shows up and changes the rules of the game.
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Winter of the Soul
At 17, Ree Dolly goes on a mission to find her father, as he used her family home as a way to secure his parole and disappeared without a trace. Faced with the possibility of losing the home where she lives with her young brothers and needing to return to the Ozark forest, Ree defies the codes and the law of silence by risking her life to save her family.
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X-Men: First Class
In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier meets a mutant named Erik Lehnsherr. Despite their different origins – Charles grew up in a wealthy family while Erik lost his parents in Auschwitz – the two become great friends. As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, Charles and Erik join forces with other mutants to save humanity. However, an event separates the two friends.
