Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)

5.0/10 119 min Documentary

Overview

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.

Cast

Vladimir Carvalho

Self

Darcy Ribeiro

Self

Jorge Bodanzky

Self

Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes

Self (archive footage)

Walter Mello

Self

Murilo Grossi

Self

Geraldo Sobral Rocha

Self

Ismail Xavier

Self

Antônio Pitanga

Self

Carlos Diegues

Self

Domingos de Oliveira

Self

Helena Ignez

Self

Walter Carvalho

Self

Paulo César Peréio

Self (archive footage)

Sylvio Back

Self

Nilson Rodrigues

Self

J. Pingo

Self (archive footage)

Orlando Brito

Self

Othon Bastos

Self

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