Brazil, 2004 (102 minutes)
Synopsis
This poignant film is the story of two men: white, middleclass Miguel, and black favela-dweller Jorge who meet as boys through their fathers’ passion for music. Their friendship is renewed during a lengthy incarceration in the mid 1970’s. Director Lúcia Murat offers a commentary on the lowest rung of society in contemporary Rio de Janeiro when, as adults, Miguel and Jorge, one a government official and the other a drug lord, respectively, discover that their lives have more in common than they ever realized.
About the Director
Lúcia Murat was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948. Her earliest was in educational television. Her first feature film was How Nice to See You Alive (1989), which won the Best Film award at the Brasilia Film Festival. Among her feature films are Sweet Power (1996) and Brave New Land (2000). Almost Brothers (2004) won the FIPRESCI Prize and Best Director Award at the 2004 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. |
Director
Screenwriter
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
Music
Production Designer |
Lúcia
Murat
Paulo Lins and Lucía Murat
Ailton Franco Jr. and
Branca Murat
Jacob Solitrenick
Mair Tavares
Naná Vasconcelos
Luis Henrique Pinto |
