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BRAZIL - Master, a Building in Copacabana
Edificio master

So what does the archetypal call girl with a heart of gold—she supports her daughter and sister—feel about being one? Did the middle-aged couple meet through the classifieds? Is the janitor's adopted father his real father? No, it's not a soap opera. Filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho spent a week interviewing 27 denizens of an enormous, seemingly soulless apartment building in Rio's Copacabana, compiling a core sample of last outposts of individuality in the big city. Best Documentary, Gramado, São Paulo Festivals.

¿Cómo se siente verdaderamente la prostituta con el corazón de oro? ¿La pareja madura se conoció a través de los clasificados? ¿El padre adoptivo del conserje es su padre verdadero? No, no es una telenovela. El cineasta Eduardo Coutinho pasó una semana entrevistando a los 27 habitantes de un edificio de apartamentos enorme, y aparentemente sin alma, en Copacabana de Río, compilando una muestra de las últimas huellas de individualidad en la urbe. Mejor Documentario, Gramado, Festivales De São Paulo.

DIRECTOR Eduardo Coutinho PRODUCTION CO VideoFilmes PRODUCER João Moreira Salles and Mauricio Andrade Ramos CINEMATOGRAPHY Jacques Cheuiche EDITOR Jordana Berg CAST Fernando José. 2002, Color, 110 min, Portuguese with subtitles.

 

 

 


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