Limite

Limite

120 mins | Drama, Adventure | May 17, 1931

An astonishing creation, Limite is the only feature by the Brazilian director and author Mário Peixoto, made when he was just 22 years old. Inspired by a haunting André Kertész photograph on the cover of a French magazine, this avant-garde silent master­piece centres on a man and two women lost at sea, their pasts unfolding through flashbacks propelled by the music of Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, and others. An early work of independent South American filmmaking, Limite was famously difficult to see for most of the twentieth century. It is a pioneering achievement that continues to captivate with its timeless visual poetry.

Limite

120 mins | Drama, Adventure | May 17, 1931

Limite
An astonishing creation, Limite is the only feature by the Brazilian director and author Mário Peixoto, made when he was just 22 years old. Inspired by a haunting André Kertész photograph on the cover of a French magazine, this avant-garde silent master­piece centres on a man and two women lost at sea, their pasts unfolding through flashbacks propelled by the music of Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, and others. An early work of independent South American filmmaking, Limite was famously difficult to see for most of the twentieth century. It is a pioneering achievement that continues to captivate with its timeless visual poetry.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Cinédia
Original title Limite
Directors Ruy Costa, Brutus Pedreira, Mário Peixoto
Writers Mário Peixoto

Cast

Olga Breno

as First woman

Tatiana Rey

as Second woman

Raul Schnoor

as First man

Brutus Pedreira

as Second man

Carmen Santos

as Woman eating a fruit

Mário Peixoto

as Man sitting at the cemetery

Edgar Brasil

as Man asleep in the theatre

Iolanda Bernardes

as Woman at the sewing-machine