The Last Poem

The Last Poem

70 mins | Drama, Documentary | Oct. 29, 2015

Helena Maria Balbinot, a countryside teacher from the south of Brazil, exchanged letters during 24 years with Brazilian modernist poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. The movie reveals part of these letters. Through scenes of poetry and extreme beauty, this friendship is reinvented in the audience eyes. A meeting between the poems of Drummond and the particular universe of Helena Maria.

The Last Poem

70 mins | Drama, Documentary | Oct. 29, 2015

The Last Poem
Helena Maria Balbinot, a countryside teacher from the south of Brazil, exchanged letters during 24 years with Brazilian modernist poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. The movie reveals part of these letters. Through scenes of poetry and extreme beauty, this friendship is reinvented in the audience eyes. A meeting between the poems of Drummond and the particular universe of Helena Maria.
Producers Lança Filmes do Brasil
Original title O Último Poema
Directors Mirela Kruel
Writers Mirela Kruel

Cast

Ana Júlia Chiodi Alberti

as Jovem Helena

Rodrigo Fiatt

as Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Janaína Kremer

as Helena