Cine Mambembe: Cinema Discovers Brazil

Cine Mambembe: Cinema Discovers Brazil

56 mins | Documentary | Dec. 1, 1999

Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi travel around the small cities of Brazil, exhibiting short films in public squares. From the south of Bahia to the farthest parts of Amazon, this documentary discovers a country that watches a movie and sees itself on the screen for the very first time, in the turning of the 21st century. What’s seen and heard is truly surprising.

Cine Mambembe: Cinema Discovers Brazil

56 mins | Documentary | Dec. 1, 1999

Cine Mambembe: Cinema Discovers Brazil
Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi travel around the small cities of Brazil, exhibiting short films in public squares. From the south of Bahia to the farthest parts of Amazon, this documentary discovers a country that watches a movie and sees itself on the screen for the very first time, in the turning of the 21st century. What’s seen and heard is truly surprising.
Producers Buriti Filmes
Original title Cine Mambembe - O Cinema Descobre o Brasil
Directors Luiz Bolognesi, Laís Bodanzky
Writers Luiz Bolognesi

Cast

Othon Bastos

as Narrator

Luiz Bolognesi

as Himself

Laís Bodanzky

as Herself