Organized by the Embassy of Brazil, in collaboration with Ms. Ilda Santiago, the artistic director of the renowned Rio International Film Festival (festivaldorio.com.br), the II Brazilian Film Week in
Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Some of the films will be presented to the public by their very own stars and directors, who will be traveling from
at the corner of
proximity to the Tenleytown/AU Metro station, on the Red Line.
NOEL - POETA DA
The Samba Poet
Website: www.noelpoetadavila.com.br
A middle class white guy, he prefers the friendship of black guys from the other side of the tracks, factory girls and hookers. Challenged by a friend to compose sambas, Noel writes “Com que roupa?” sing a parody of the Brazilian National Anthem as its base. From that point on Noel flies through the golden age of radio like a comet, changing the direction of Brazilian popular music.
* In person: Rafael Raposo
FALSA LOURA
Fake Blond
Website: www.dezenove.net
Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns some life lessons.
O SIGNO DA CIDADE
Sign of The City
Website: www.osignodacidade.com.br
While stars and planets criss-cross the sky of
* In person: Kim Riccelli
JOGO DE CENA
Playing
Website: www.videofilmes.com.br
Answering a newspaper ad, eighty-three women told their life stories in a studio. Twenty-three were selected to appear in the film. In June 2006, they filmed their stories in Teatro Glauce Rocha, a traditional theater in
ILUMINADOS
Enlightened
Documentary about some of the great cinematographers that helped shape Brazilian cinema. Edgar Moura, Dib Lutfi, Fernando Duarte, Mario Carneiro, Pedro Farkas and Walter Carvalho talk about their personal story and work; what they think about directors; filmmaking in
SEM CONTROLE
No Control
Website: www.semcontroleofilme.com.br
Danilo is a theatre director, obsessed by the injustice done to farmer Manoel da Motta Coqueiro in the trial case that led to the extinction of death penalty in
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