André Gatti
2021Mazzaropi - O Cineasta das Platéias
Luiz Otavio de Santi
Mauro Alice, Genésio Arruda
This documentary, produced by the Mazzaropi Institute, shows movie scenes, testimonials of researchers, historians, intellectuals, and popular artists. As a bonus, it shows parts of Mazzaropi's last appearance on TV, on Hebe Camargo Show.
O Cineasta das Platéias
Quando as Luzes das Marquises Se Apagam: A História da Cinelândia Paulistana
Renato Brandão
José Moreira, Inimá Simões
With archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, a story of movie theaters that were located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, reaching more than 15 cinemas in full operation.
When The Marquees' Lights Go Out
O Tempo Não Existe no Lugar em que Estamos
Dellani Lima
André Gatti
Aldo, a former photographer, is fired from his college professor job a little before his retirement. With no job perspective, he decide to sell his old work tools,and burn some of his pictures.
O Tempo Não Existe no Lugar em que Estamos
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Cristiano Burlan
André Gatti, Maíra de Aviz
A projectionist at a porn cinema in downtown São Paulo, makes his first film in Super8, an essay about the failure of a lifetime. The scenes from the films you watched intersect with the new images they capture, fiction and reality blending together, weaving a bridge between the past and the present.
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Avanti Popolo
Michael Wahrmann
André Gatti, Carlos Reichenbach
Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.
People Forward
Antes do Fim
Cristiano Burlan
Helena Ignez, Jean-Claude Bernardet
Jean feels trapped in the logic of longevity that the pharmaceutical industry imposes on him and decides to plan a conscious suicide. He invites Helena to commit suicide to two. She, on the other hand, hesitates, knows that she will live well even if she needs to live alone, but she helps him in his intentions. The silence between them does not reveal distance, but intimacy. These are years of shared affection. Together, they will prepare all the details for the funeral. He dances death while she continues rehearsing life. In the process, the two realize that before the end, there is still a lifetime.
Antes do Fim
