PORTRAITS OF BRAZIL

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On June 19, 1898, the passenger ship Brésil was returning from a trip to Europe.
As the ship entered Guanabara Bay, one of its passengers, Affonso Segretto (1875-1919), set up his “"view-taking machine"”, acquired in European lands, and filmed fortresses and boats anchored along that body of water.
Thus, Brazilian cinema was born.
The cinema was then just over two years old.
After this brief introduction, we repeat the words of filmmaker Glauber Rocha (1939-1981): “"Cinema is the dialectical mirror of the world."”. And we add: the films shown in the sessions PORTRAITS OF BRAZIL They seek to be viewed from the perspectives of our country, that is, they are dialectical mirrors of Brazil.

SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 14, 2025

September 13, 2025 at 2 PM
LUrdinha, The Illusion Seller (2007)
Lurdinha, a woman of approximately forty years of age, elegantly dressed, sells lottery tickets in downtown Florianópolis. While she sells her tickets, she chats with people and gives advice.
The film is an account of the importance of people who could remain anonymous, but who become a link between the private and collective lives of the urban population.
Directed by: Cesar Cavalcanti

September 13, 2025 at 4 PM
Leila Forever Diniz (1976)
Based on excerpts from films in which she participated as a professional actress, testimonials from friends, and Super 8 mm footage from a film about her., Leila Forever Diniz reveals candid glimpses into the private life of actress Leila Diniz (1945-1972), who, in addition to being a muse of the Ipanema neighborhood, was a legend for a generation.
Directed by: Mariza Leão & Sérgio Rezende
Por Kindness (2002)
The film tells the story of José Datrino, who one day abandoned his family, job, and friends to go out into the streets of Rio de Janeiro preaching peace and kindness. José then became the Prophet of Kindness, who left dozens of messages, painted with a very special graphic design, on the pillars near the Novo Rio Bus Station.
Directed by: Dado Amaral

September 14, 2025 at 2 PM
LUrdinha, The Illusion Seller (2007)
Lurdinha, a woman of approximately forty years of age, elegantly dressed, sells lottery tickets in downtown Florianópolis. While she sells her tickets, she chats with people and gives advice.
The film is an account of the importance of people who could remain anonymous, but who become a link between the private and collective lives of the urban population.
Directed by: Cesar Cavalcanti

September 14, 2025 at 4 PM
Leila Forever Diniz (1976)
Based on excerpts from films in which she participated as a professional actress, testimonials from friends, and Super 8 mm footage from a film about her., Leila Forever Diniz reveals candid glimpses into the private life of actress Leila Diniz (1945-1972), who, in addition to being a muse of the Ipanema neighborhood, was a legend for a generation.
Directed by: Mariza Leão & Sérgio Rezende
Por Kindness (2002)
The film tells the story of José Datrino, who one day abandoned his family, job, and friends to go out into the streets of Rio de Janeiro preaching peace and kindness. José then became the Prophet of Kindness, who left dozens of messages, painted with a very special graphic design, on the pillars near the Novo Rio Bus Station.
Directed by: Dado Amaral

SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

20/09/2025 at 2 PM
O The Greatest Show on Earth (2005)
In northern Minas Gerais, a circus is on the brink of collapse.
Directed by: Marcos Pimentel
The Lens and the Window (2005)
A girl receives a video camera for Christmas. From then on, she transforms herself through the camera and the window.,
Directed by: Marcius Barbieri
Cast: Jéssica Ludmila, Waléria Christina Chagas, Walber Vinícius Chagas, Bruno Henrique Chagas, Adeilton Lima, André Amaro, Martha Carvalho, Nívia Helen

20/09/2025 at 4 PM
Wholes (1991)
When you split a hole in half, do you get two new holes or two half-holes?
The film is a portrait from the city of São Paulo.
Directed by: AS Cecílio Neto
Cast: Adriano Stuart, Lígia Cortez and Carlos Reichenbach
GFlying Eraldo (1994)
A boy from the favela with a special gift ends up getting involved with drug traffickers.
Based on the works of American comic book artist Will Eisner (1917-2005).
Directed by: Bruno Vianna
Cast: Robson dos Santos, Bruno Garcia, Renato Pinheiro, Maria Gladys, Helena Ignez

September 21, 2025 at 2 PM
The Greatest Show on Earth (2005)
In northern Minas Gerais, a circus is on the brink of collapse.
Directed by: Marcos Pimentel
The Lens and the Window (2005)
A girl receives a video camera for Christmas. From then on, she transforms herself through the camera and the window.
Directed by: Marcius Barbieri
Cast: Jéssica Ludmila, Waléria Christina Chagas, Walber Vinícius Chagas, Bruno Henrique Chagas, Adeilton Lima, André Amaro, Martha Carvalho, Nívia Helen

September 21, 2025 at 4 PM
Wholes (1991)
When you split a hole in half, do you get two new holes or two half-holes?
The film is a portrait from the city of São Paulo.
Directed by: AS Cecílio Neto
Cast: Adriano Stuart, Lígia Cortez and Carlos Reichenbach
Flying Gerald (1994)
(A boy from the favela with a special gift ends up getting involved with drug traffickers)
Based on the works of American comic book artist Will Eisner (1917-2005).
Directed by: Bruno Vianna
Cast: Robson dos Santos, Bruno Garcia, Renato Pinheiro, Maria Gladys, Helena Ignez

SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

September 27, 2025 at 2 PM
O Walachai's Book (2007)
In Walachai, a small German community in southern Brazil, lives the teacher and farmer Bruno Wendling. He wrote the history of the village by hand, in meticulous calligraphy, in a book.
The film reveals a very different Brazil, unknown to most Brazilians.
Directed by: Rejane Zilles

September 27, 2025 at 4 PM
Ô People, then no (1973)
The film is a documentary about farmers in the town of Salgadinho, near Garanhuns, in Pernambuco.
It primarily shows the difficulties faced by ten families.
Directed by: Joaquim Assis

September 28, 2025 at 2 PM
O Walachai's Book (2007)
In Walachai, a small German community in southern Brazil, lives the teacher and farmer Bruno Wendling. He wrote the history of the village by hand, in meticulous calligraphy, in a book.
The film reveals a very different Brazil, unknown to most Brazilians.
Directed by: Rejane Zilles

September 28, 2025 at 4 PM
Ô People, then no (1973)
The film is a documentary about farmers in the town of Salgadinho, near Garanhuns, in Pernambuco.
It primarily shows the difficulties faced by ten families.
Directed by: Joaquim Assis

SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 4TH AND 5TH, 2025

04/10/2025 at 2 PM
DThey say I'm crazy. (1994)
Based on the accounts and stories of those who, throughout the centuries, have been called “"street lunatics"”, The city is captured in its diverse rhythms and pulses.
Directed by: Miriam Chnaiderman
Second Class Passengers (2001)
A humanized cinematic look inside a mental institution, where segregated patients are subjected to abandonment, isolation, electroshock therapy, and absolute misery.
Directed by: Luiz Eduardo Jorge, Waldir de Pina & Jim-Il-Sem

04/10/2025 at 4 PM
Rbait (2004)
A wanderer promotes urban art intervention in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, scratching the walls he passes with a stone, as a form of... “"to write"” your journey through the city streets.
Directed by: Bernardo Gebara
StShe from Patrocínio – The Woman Who Spoke Things (2007)
Stela, a poet and painter, talked and talked. She managed to find words for everything we can't say.
Directed by: Márcio de Andrade

05/10/2025 at 2 PM
DThey say I'm crazy. (1994)
Based on the accounts and stories of those who, throughout the centuries, have been called “"street lunatics"”, The city is captured in its diverse rhythms and pulses.
Directed by: Miriam Chnaiderman
Second Class Passengers (2001)
A humanized cinematic look inside a mental institution, where segregated patients are subjected to abandonment, isolation, electroshock therapy, and absolute misery.
Directed by: Luiz Eduardo Jorge, Waldir de Pina & Jim-Il-Sem

05/10/2025 at 4 PM
Rbait (2004)
A wanderer promotes urban art intervention in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, scratching the walls he passes with a stone, as a form of... “"to write"” your journey through the city streets.
Directed by: Bernardo Gebara
SPatrocínio's screen – The Woman Who Spoke Things (2007)
Stela, a poet and painter, talked and talked. She managed to find words for everything we can't say.
Directed by: Márcio de Andrade

An image of Stela do Patrocínio – The Woman Who Spoke Things. 

SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 11, 2025 AND OCTOBER 12, 2025

11/10/2025 at 2 PM
LUrdinha, The Illusion Seller (2007)
Lurdinha, a woman of approximately forty years of age, elegantly dressed, sells lottery tickets in downtown Florianópolis. While she sells her tickets, she chats with people and gives advice.
The film is an account of the importance of people who could remain anonymous, but who become a link between the private and collective lives of the urban population.
Directed by: Cesar Cavalcanti

11/10/2025 at 4 PM
Leila Forever Diniz (1976)
Based on excerpts from films in which she participated as a professional actress, testimonials from friends, and Super 8 mm footage from a film about her., Leila Forever Diniz reveals candid glimpses into the private life of actress Leila Diniz (1945-1972), who, in addition to being a muse of the Ipanema neighborhood, was a legend for a generation.
Directed by: Mariza Leão & Sérgio Rezende
Please (2002)
The film tells the story of José Datrino, who one day abandoned his family, job, and friends to go out into the streets of Rio de Janeiro preaching peace and kindness. José then became the Prophet of Kindness, who left dozens of messages, painted with a very special graphic design, on the pillars near the Novo Rio Bus Station.
Directed by: Dado Amaral

12/10/2025 at 2 PM
LUrdinha, The Illusion Seller (2007)
Lurdinha, a woman of approximately forty years of age, elegantly dressed, sells lottery tickets in downtown Florianópolis. While she sells her tickets, she chats with people and gives advice.
The film is an account of the importance of people who could remain anonymous, but who become a link between the private and collective lives of the urban population.
Directed by: Cesar Cavalcanti

12/10/2025 at 4 PM
Leila Forever Diniz (1976)
Based on excerpts from films in which she participated as a professional actress, testimonials from friends, and Super 8 mm footage from a film about her., Leila Forever Diniz reveals candid glimpses into the private life of actress Leila Diniz (1945-1972), who, in addition to being a muse of the Ipanema neighborhood, was a legend for a generation.
Directed by: Mariza Leão & Sérgio Rezende
Please (2002)
The film tells the story of José Datrino, who one day abandoned his family, job, and friends to go out into the streets of Rio de Janeiro preaching peace and kindness. José then became the Prophet of Kindness, who left dozens of messages, painted with a very special graphic design, on the pillars near the Novo Rio Bus Station.
Directed by: Dado Amaral

SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 18, 2025 AND OCTOBER 19, 2025

10/18/2025 at 2 PM
NOur Samba School (1965)
One of the founders of the Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school shows the school's preparations for the 1965 Carnival. He also presents the daily life of the Pau da Bandeira favela.
Directed by: Manuel Horácio Gimenez

10/18/2025 at 4 PM
BUbula, The Red Face (1999)
The documentary career of documentarian, cinematographer and photographer Wolfgang Jesco von Puttkamer (1919-1994), who participated in several missions to bring anthropologists Cláudio (1916-1998) & Orlando Villas-Bôas (1914-2002) and Francisco Meirelles (1908-1973) closer to the indigenous peoples.
The film revisits the cinematic work of Wolfgang Jesco, built over four decades with indigenous people from the Brazilian Amazon.
Directed by: Luís Eduardo Jorge

10/19/2025 at 2 PM
NOur Samba School (1965)
One of the founders of the Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school shows the school's preparations for the 1965 Carnival. He also presents the daily life of the Pau da Bandeira favela.
Directed by: Manuel Horácio Gimenez

10/19/2025 at 4 PM
BUbula, The Red Face (1999)
The documentary career of documentarian, cinematographer and photographer Wolfgang Jesco von Puttkamer (1919-1994), who participated in several missions to bring anthropologists Cláudio (1916-1998) & Orlando Villas-Bôas (1914-2002) and Francisco Meirelles (1908-1973) closer to the indigenous peoples.
The film revisits the cinematic work of Wolfgang Jesco, built over four decades with indigenous people from the Brazilian Amazon.
Directed by: Luís Eduardo Jorge

SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 25, 2025 AND OCTOBER 26, 2025

25/10/2025 at 2 PM
O The Greatest Show on Earth (2005)
In northern Minas Gerais, a circus is on the brink of collapse.
Directed by: Marcos Pimentel
The Lens and the Window (2005)
A girl receives a video camera for Christmas. From then on, she transforms herself through the camera and the window.,
Directed by: Marcius Barbieri
Cast: Jéssica Ludmila, Waléria Christina Chagas, Walber Vinícius Chagas, Bruno Henrique Chagas, Adeilton Lima, André Amaro, Martha Carvalho, Nívia Helen

October 25, 2025 at 4 PM
Wholes (1991)
When you split a hole in half, do you get two new holes or two half-holes?
The film is a portrait from the city of São Paulo.
Directed by: AS Cecílio Neto
Cast: Adriano Stuart, Lígia Cortez and Carlos Reichenbach
GFlying Eraldo (1994)
A boy from the favela with a special gift ends up getting involved with drug traffickers.
Based on the works of American comic book artist Will Eisner (1917-2005).
Directed by: Bruno Vianna
Cast: Robson dos Santos, Bruno Garcia, Renato Pinheiro, Maria Gladys, Helena Ignez

October 26, 2025 at 2 PM
The Greatest Show on Earth (2005)
In northern Minas Gerais, a circus is on the brink of collapse.
Directed by: Marcos Pimentel
The Lens and the Window (2005)
A girl receives a video camera for Christmas. From then on, she transforms herself through the camera and the window.
Directed by: Marcius Barbieri
Cast: Jéssica Ludmila, Waléria Christina Chagas, Walber Vinícius Chagas, Bruno Henrique Chagas, Adeilton Lima, André Amaro, Martha Carvalho, Nívia Helen

October 26, 2025 at 4 PM
Wholes (1991)
When you split a hole in half, do you get two new holes or two half-holes?
The film is a portrait from the city of São Paulo.
Directed by: AS Cecílio Neto
Cast: Adriano Stuart, Lígia Cortez and Carlos Reichenbach
Flying Gerald (1994)
(A boy from the favela with a special gift ends up getting involved with drug traffickers)
Based on the works of American comic book artist Will Eisner (1917-2005).
Directed by: Bruno Vianna
Cast: Robson dos Santos, Bruno Garcia, Renato Pinheiro, Maria Gladys, Helena Ignez