Cycle
From 26.04. To 01.05.2010.
Program of Contemporary Brazilian Films II
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Films in cycle
Bela Noite para Voar
(2009.)
Directed by: Zelito Viana
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alziro Barbosa
Synopsis:
We follow a day in the life of Juscelino Kubitschek, the popular Brazilian president from the late 1950s. Several air force officers try to overthrow the president, who has started a secret relationship with the intelligent and beautiful Lúcia Maria, married to Jose Pedroso. Their romance lasted for eighteen years, ending with Juscelino’s death in a car accident 1976.
digital, color, 87 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 27.04.2010 AT 19:00
Monday 26.04.2010 AT 20:00
Lisbela and the Prisoner
(Lisbela e o Prisioneiro, 2003.)
Directed by: Guel Arraes
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ulrich Burtin
Synopsis:
Leléu is a small time crook who roams from one town to another and earns money in suspicious ways. After a short affair with Inaura, whose husband is a professional hit man, Leléu barely escapes with his life. He travels to a town where he meets and falls in love with the young Lisbela, who loves films. However, she is already engaged to Douglas...
digital, color, 107 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 28.04.2010 AT 19:00
Tuesday 27.04.2010 AT 21:00
The Middle of the World
(O Caminho das Nuvens, 2003.)
Directed by: Vicente Amorim
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gustavo Hadba
Synopsis:
Based on a true story, the film portrays a poor family from Northeastern Brazil that embarks on an ambitious journey in order to find a better life. Father Romão is an illiterate truck driver who remains an optimist in spite of everything. Mother Rose is more pragmatic, as she has to take care of their five children. Love and unity are their most important assets as they travel 3,000 kilometers to Rio de Janeiro on bikes.
digital, color, 87 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 29.04.2010 AT 19:00
Wednesday 28.04.2010 AT 21:00
Possible Loves
(Amores Possíveis, 2001.)
Directed by: Sandra Werneck
PHOTOGRAPHY: Walter Carvalho
Synopsis:
Carlos, a student, waits for his girlfriend Júlia in front of a movie theatre. However, she does not show up. Following this, the story breaks into three parts and we see three possible futures: one in which she arrives and the two of them marry and later divorce; a second in which he marries some other girl but is unhappy with his life; in the third he remains single, enduring a string of failed relationships, always waiting for the right woman to come along…
digital, color, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 30.04.2010 AT 19:00
Thursday 29.04.2010 AT 21:00
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
(Villa-Lobos, uma Vida de Paixão, 2000.)
Directed by: Zelito Viana
PHOTOGRAPHY: Walter Carvalho
Synopsis:
The biography of the most famous Brazilian composer of classical music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, begins with the concert in his honor in the Teatro Municipal in Rio De Janeiro. The old composer looks back on his life, from a childhood with a strict father, through his first contact with street musicians, his travels to the Amazon, early musical successes, years spent in Paris, failed marriage with his first wife Lucília, later happiness with the second wife Mindhina, and finally illness at the end of...