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* Programme made in collaboration
with the ARCALT
(Association des Rencontres du Cinéma d’Amérique
Latine)
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Eu,
tu, eles
Andrucha Waddington,
2000
Darlene is an overworked, underpaid unmarried mother
who returns to her native Brazil, to work in the Cane
fields. In addition to her extreme working conditions,
she marries a man, who bombards her with a demanding
libido and extreme indolence. Her desire for sex and
fun consumes her tiredness and dispassion for her husband,
engaging in an active sex life with multiple partners,
Darlene continues her promiscuity, birthing children
through various men. Me, You, Them, delve into the trials
and tribulations of Darlene… |
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Central
do Brasil
Walter
Salles, 1998
Dora, an ex-teacher, earns a living writing letters
for the illiterate. She sets up shop every morning in
the hall at Rio de Janeiro station and waits for customers
to come her way. Suddenly Dora's life changes dramatically
when a woman for whom she has just written a letter
is the victim of a fatal accident occuring right in
front of Dora's eyes. The letter was addressed to the
customer's husband, who had left her. She wanted to
persuade him to meet her again and be introduced to
his son... |
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Saudade
do futuro
Documentary - Marie-Clémence
and Cesar Paes, 2001
São Paulo and its street poets. To the rhythm
and rhymes of musical improvised poetry, journalist
or simple maid, art-gallery director or cab driver,
the immigrants from the Northeast tell us the beat of
the megalopolis. With a guitar or a tambourine, like
everyday life columnists, the Nordestino repentistas
improvise rhymes and sing poetry on the spot, seeking
inspiration in their audience's concerns. Saudade do
Futuro borrows the Nordestino's eyes to see São
Paulo, and their voices to sing the city. The urban
cacophony mixes with music, and the repentes, forerunners
of rap music, tell us the south-American megalopolis
with humour/r and rhymes. |
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Madame
Satã
Madame Satã -
Karim Aïnouz, 2001 PG Film*
Set in 1932 in Lapa, Rio’s most colourful district,
Madame Satã is inspired by the extraordinary
life of João Francisco dos Santos. In turn a
bandit, a transvestite, street fighter, cook, hero,
convict and father to seven adopted children, Madame
Satã was also a notorious gay performer who pushed
social boundaries in a volatile time. Lazaro Ramos gives
an electrifying performance in the central role as the
petty thief turned showgirl – a man full of apparent
contradictions, driven by his own demons but who refused
to surrender to convention and exclusion. Winner of
the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival
2002.
* Caution: some images may offend
young people |
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