20° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Cinema and Art: Brazil

Brasília, Segundo Alberto Cavalcanti

Brasília according to Alberto Cavalcanti

Country: Brazil
Year: 1982
Duration: 30'


Images which illustrate a city which according to Brazilian utopia was supposed to incarnate a model of urbanistic perfection reflecting itself also on the citizens' way of life. The spaces, the forms, the patterns of the water, Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa have transferred the symbolism of the blueprints into reality.

Biography

film director

Antonio Carlos da Fontoura

Cast

& Credits

Director and screenplay: António Carlos da Fontoura.
Director of photography: Mario Camerio.
Editor: Denise Fontoura.
Narratore: Hileana Menezes.
Production company: Embrafilm.
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