Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

Nan
1h 59m
2020
5 /10 (1)

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.

Country : Brazil
Languages : Português
Released Date: 2020-10-22

Top Billed Cast

Vladimir Carvalho

Self

Darcy Ribeiro

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Jorge Bodanzky

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Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes

Self (archive footage)

Walter Mello

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Murilo Grossi

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Geraldo Sobral Rocha

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Ismail Xavier

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Antônio Pitanga

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Carlos Diegues

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Domingos de Oliveira

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Helena Ignez

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Walter Carvalho

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Paulo César Peréio

Self (archive footage)

Lúcia Murat

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Sylvio Back

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