Laís Bodanzky
1969 (55 лет)Brainstorm
Laís Bodanzky
Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The maconha cigarrete is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
Brainstorm
São Paulo's War
Laís Bodanzky, Luiz Bolognesi
Caco Ciocler, Mario Lima
In 1932, more than two hundred thousand men armed with machine guns, grenades and canons took part in on of the most violent wars in America in the 20th century. Brazilian against Brazilian, in a conflict that involved air raid of big cities – such as Campinas, Santos and São Paulo - and resulted in more than two thousand deaths. Why did this war happen? Who took part in it? What were the details of the conflict? How did the war end? The documentary tells this episode of the country's history, not only grand but also unknown, with an accessible language and an involving rhythm.
São Paulo's War
Cine Mambembe - O Cinema Descobre o Brasil
Laís Bodanzky, Luiz Bolognesi
Othon Bastos, Luiz Bolognesi
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
Como Nossos Pais
Laís Bodanzky
Maria Ribeiro, Paulo Vilhena
Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really is.
Just Like Our Parents
The Ballroom
Laís Bodanzky
Leonardo Villar, Tônia Carrero
An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.
The Ballroom
As Melhores Coisas do Mundo
Laís Bodanzky
Francisco Miguez, Gabriela Rocha
Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries to make his way through life, with its first sexual experiences, his depressed brother and his self-centered parents. It’s a humorous homage to the pitfalls of daily life and the diversity of life.
The Best Things in the World
Pedro
Laís Bodanzky
Cauã Reymond, Victoria Guerra
The story of Brazil’s first emperor, returning to Europe on board the English ship Warspite. The trip makes Pedro conquer his fears and face his life from a personal point of view. He goes back in time and relives outstanding moments of his earlier life – since his childhood, when in 1808 he arrived coming from Portugal with his family, until he left in the dead of the night, in 1831, running away from Brazil.
Pedro, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Cartão Vermelho
Laís Bodanzky
Camila Kolber, Francisco Rojo
Fernanda likes to play football with the boys. But for this tomboyish, the apogee of his intimacy with the ball is to make it fly straight, direct, to the bag boys. Then she smiles. One day she comes running to the hit-ball, delayed but can not find anyone. The boys are in hiding. Fernanda knows where it is, but can not imagine what they plot!
Cartão Vermelho
Tela Brasil: 10 Anos de Cinema nas Quebradas
Laís Bodanzky, Luiz Bolognesi
Denise Fraga
Idealized by the filmmakers Lais Bodansky and Luiz Bolognesi, the documentary portrays the projects executed by the Buriti Institute and Buriti Films in 10 years of work. Since 2004, projects collect impressive numbers: 116,509 kilometers were driven on roads, which led to 759 outlying neighborhoods, where they were made 7439 film sessions to 1,355,403 brazilians. Eighteen states and the Federal District were visited by Cine Tela Brasil, who put brazilian various ages for the first time in a movie theater.
Tela Brasil: 10 Anos de Cinema nas Quebradas