Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand hours of work were needed to prepare Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century. The work is a fascinating journey through all the cinematic cycles that Brazil lived, from the pioneering Belle Époque, through the great studios like Atlântica and Cinédia, Cinema Novo, the urban comedies of the 70's, until the resumption in the late 90's. The documentary is unique, it gives the floor to who really wrote and lived this story intensely.
Director: Isabella Nicolas
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Paulo José as Self |
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Carlos Diegues as Self |
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos as Self |
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Cyll Farney as Self |
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Roberto Farias as Self |
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Rodrigo Santoro as Self |
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Paulo César Saraceni as Self |
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Matheus Nachtergaele as Self |
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Anselmo Duarte as Self |
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Rogério Sganzerla as Self |
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Hernani Heffner as Self |
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Sandra Werneck as Self |
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Carla Camurati as Self |
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Andrucha Waddington as Self |
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José Mojica Marins as Self |
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Helena Ignez as Self |
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José Joffily as Self |
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José Wilker as Self |
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Fernanda Torres as Self |
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Cláudia Abreu as Self |
| Writing | Isabella Nicolas | Writer |
| Sound | Aurélio Dias | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Wanda Ribeiro | Researcher |
| Production | Daniel Leite | Finishing Producer |
| Editing | Isabella Nicolas | Editor |
| Sound | Jr. Tostói | Music |
| Production | Andréa Barros | Producer |
| Sound | Aurélio Dias | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rodrigo Campello | Music |
| Production | Mariana Neder | Producer |
| Directing | Isabella Nicolas | Director |
| Camera | Dante Belluti | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Leandro Di Luna | Sound |
| Editing | Leandro Ferreira | Editor |
| Camera | Othon Castro | Director of Photography |