Vlavianos: Impulse and Reason (2025)
The documentary follows Nicolas Vlavianos (1929-2022), a renowned sculptor, in the final years of his life. It captures the moment — when he is around 90 years old — that he returns to an old drawer, tries to pick up his tools, and realizes he no longer has the strength to hold them. That simple gesture becomes the symbolic trigger: the end of his long creative cycle and the beginning of a farewell to his art. From there, the film documents the dismantling of Vlavianos’s studio and workspace, and the gradual process of his withdrawal from physical creation. It’s not just a retrospective of works: it’s a portrait of decline, memory, mortality, and legacy.
Director: Pedro Urizzi
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Nicolas Vlavianos as Nicolas Vlavianos |
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Verônica Stigger as Verônica Stigger |
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Laura Rodriguez as Laura Rodriguez |
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Myrine Vlavianos as Myrine Vlavianos |
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Fábio Magalhães as Fábio Magalhães |
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Thierry Freitas as Thierry Freitas |
| Directing | Pedro Urizzi | Director |
| Production | Claudio Moita | Producer |
| Production | Regina Campos | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Guilherme Pedrosa | Editor |
| Crew | Pedro Urizzi | Script |
| Editing | Pedro Urizzi | Editor |
| Sound | Adriano Nascimento | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Adriano Nascimento | Audio Post Coordinator |
| Production | Ariel Bravo | Post Coordinator |
| Editing | Caetano Brenga Bitencourt | Colorist |
| Sound | Nicolas Presciutt | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Pedro Urizzi | Writer |
| Writing | Fausto Noro | Writer |
| Camera | André Besen | Director of Photography |
