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Bye Bye Brazil

Dir. Carlos Diegues
LIFF Spotlights - DESLOCAMENTOS: BRAZILIAN CINEMA ON THE MOVE
Sat 1 Nov and Mon 3 Nov
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Mon 3 Nov
  • Sat 1 Nov
    20:30
    Screen 4
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  • Mon 3 Nov
    16:15
    Screen 4
    Past event

Bye Bye Brazil is a bittersweet Brazilian road movie about a rapidly modernising country leaving its traditions behind.

A circus troupe rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mic: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A wide eyed young accordion player begs to join them and brings along his young pregnant wife. Together they encounter excitement, joy and heartbreak on their travels from the coast deep into the Amazon.

"One of the Cinema Novo’s founding fathers and perhaps its most interesting exponent is Carlos Diegues who... has come up with three masterpieces: Os Herdeiros (The Inheritors, 1969), Joanna Francesca (Joanna the Frenchwoman, 1973) and Bye Bye Brasil (1979)." — Dan Yakir, Film Comment

Director Carlos Diegues
Running time 100 mins
Production year 1980
Country Brazil, Argentina, France
Language Portuguese
Courtesy of L.C.Barreto Produções Cinematográficas

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