Brazilian Film Days 2022 ENG

 

THE SCREENINGS ARE ORGANIZED BY THE THE FRIENDS OF CINEMA SOCIETY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EMBASSY OF BRAZIL 

PLACE: Pantheon Theatre, 29 Diagoras st., 1097 Nicosia   

20:00

ADMISSION: Free Admission. No reservations.

The Society is a cinema club and according to the terms and conditions for its operation and screening of films, NO admission is allowed to anyone under the age of 18. 

FRIDAY 4/11  20:00

The Second Mother               Que Horas Ela Volta?

Anna Muylaert (2015, 112΄)

Regina Casé, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas

LANGUAGE:PORTUGUESE    SUBTITLES:ENGLISH

Val spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She is financially stable but has to live with the guilt of having left her daughter Jéssica, in Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil, raised by relatives. As college entrance exams roll around, Jéssica wants to come to São Paulo to take her college entrance exams too. When Jéssica arrives, cohabitation is not easy. Everyone will be affected by the personality and candor of the girl and Val finds herself right in the middle of it.

 

MONDAY 7/11 20:00

Central Station                             Central do Brasil

Walter Salles(1998,110’)

Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra

LANGUAGE:PORTUGUESE       SUBTITLES:GREEK

The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Nominated for 2 Oscars

Winner Golden Berlin Bear

 

THURSDAY 10/11 20:00

Linha de Passe

Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas(2008,110’)

Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira

LANGUAGE:PORTUGUESE         SUBTITLES:ENGLISH

A story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams.

Winner Best Actress at  Cannes Film Festival

 

FRIDAY 18/11 20:00

City of God        Cidade de Deus

Fernando Meirelles,Kátia Lund(2002,130’)

Alexandre Rodrigues,Leandro Firmino,Matheus Nachtergaele

LANGUAGE:PORTUGUESE       SUBTITLES:GREEK

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Nominated for 4 Oscars