A Film to Remind Us of Utopia (2026)
Overview
In Esdras Baptista's film archives, kept at his home for decades, one can feel the fervor of those who believed in a new tomorrow. Filmed in Brazil in the early 1960s, in the heat of a libertarian political movement, the filmmaker's images materialize the incandescence of collective desires at the historic moment of their emergence. Utopia, though unattainable, is never a mere abstraction. A force that mobilizes actions and feelings, it constitutes the impetus necessary for human existence.
Cast
Rafael de Carvalho
Self (archive footage)
Helena Ignez
Self (archive footage)
Oduvaldo Vianna Filho
Self (archive footage)
Joel Barcellos
Self (archive footage)
Jorge Coutinho
Self (archive footage)
Armando Costa
Self (archive footage)
João Goulart
Self (archive footage)
Tancredo Neves
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