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Documentary portrays the work of the Italian cinematographer, the official cameraman hired by the federal government to document the construction of Brasília in the 1950s. The film brings to the public the official audiovisual archives of the construction of Brazil's capital designed by the architects Oscar Niemeyer and the urban planner Lucio Costa. The documentary is the result of the analysis of over 3000 feet and over 300 hours of rare footage produced form the 1950s to the 1970s, covering the period from the presidency of Juscelino Kubitschek to the military dictatorship established in 1964.
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Director
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Released
Original Language
PT

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.

Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valentino Garavani, documenting the colourful and dramatic closing act of his celebrated career and capturing the end of an era in global fashion. However, at the heart of the film is a love story - the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. Capturing intimate moments in the lives of two of Italy's richest and most famous men, the film lifts the curtain on the final act of a nearly 50-year reign at the top of the glamorous and fiercely competitive world of fashion. (Storyville)