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Cinema
Brasil
Fall 2004: The
Films of Walter Salles
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Brazilian film director Walter
Salles |
Sneak
Preview
“Diarios de Motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries”
Directed by Walter Salles (2004)
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Gael
García Bernal (right) stars as Che Guevara.
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Based
on the journals kept by Ernesto “Che” Guevara while
crossing South America by motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado
in the early 1950s, The Motorcycle Diaries follows the
young men as they unveil the rich and complex social topography
of the Latin American continent.
128
minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
“The
Motorcycle Diaries is a beautifully wrought account of
the dawning of the social conscience of one of the 20th
century's most romanticized revolutionaries.” — Variety
Tickets
will be distributed at 6:00 pm at the Pacific Film
Archive on a first come, first served basis. The doors
to the theater open at 6:40 pm.
Monday,
September 13, 7:00 pm
Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way
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“Abril
Despedaçado / Behind the Sun”
Directed by Walter Salles (2001)
Ordered
by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young
man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families
living in the desert landscape of the Brazilian Northeast.
99 minutes. Portuguese with English subtitles.
“Carvalho’s
superb cinematography, Antonio Pinto’s score and a
dedicated cast and crew admirably sustain this poetic and
uncompromising film.” — Los Angeles Times
Wednesday,
October 6, 7:00pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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“Central
do Brasil / Central Station”
Directed by Walter Salles (1998)
A
former school teacher and a young boy whose mother has just died
in a car accident take an emotional journey to Brazil’s
remote Northeast in search of the father he never knew.
113 minutes. Portuguese with English subtitles.
”Normally
the sound in movie theaters is of popcorn crunching. But
the sound at theaters where Central Station is showing is
of hearts breaking.” — New York Daily News
Wednesday,
October 27, 7:00 pm
Room 155, Kroeber Hall (map)
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“O
Primeiro Dia / Midnight”
Directed by Walter Salles (1998)
Fate
brings together a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class
teacher at midnight, December 31, 1999, as fireworks fall over
Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach and the new millennium
approaches.
76 minutes. Portuguese with English subtitles.
“Its
mood, at once mournful and exuberant, owes something to
the spirit of samba, Rio’s great contribution to
world culture.”
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New York Times
Wednesday,
November 10, 7:00 pm
Room 155, Kroeber Hall (map)
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