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Completed - BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, MANDARIN, POLISH, PERSIAN, SPANISH - Documentary - 111 minutes

Log Line

The ruins of the Cine Continental in Paraiba's short town, is the initial setting of about Cinema.

Previous markets

  • Ventana Sur 2015 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Walter CARVALHO
Writer(s) : Walter CARVALHO
Cast : Julio BRESSANE, Béla TARR, Adriano SUASSUNA, Gus VAN SANT, Jia ZHANGKE, Lucrecia MARTEL, Ruy GUERRA, Ken LOACH, Héctor BABENCO, Karim AINOUZ, Andrzej WAJDA, Asghar FARHADI, Benedek FLIEGAUF, Salvatore CASCIO, José PADILHA

Producer(s) : Marcello MAIA ( República Pureza Filmes)

Synopsis

The ruins of the Cine Continental in Paraiba's short town, is the initial setting of About Cinema. With testimonials from important brazilian names like Ariano Suassuna speaking of childhood memories with the cinema in theaters of towns. The movie features also a team of filmmakers as Hector Babenco, Julio Bressane, Andrew Wajda, Vilmos Zsigmond, Ruy Guerra, Ken Loach, Béla Tarr and Gus Van ¬Sant, talking about the questions: Why to do movies? For what to do movies?

Production

Country(ies) : BRAZIL

Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2015 Video Library
Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro 2015
Festival do Rio 2015


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