Gerson Tavares
2021Before the Summer
Gerson Tavares
Jardel Filho, Norma Bengell
A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, father of two and successful career, the house is a symbol of his personal achievements. But as the wind, the salt and the sand threaten to invade the breaches of the house, their marriage begins to crumble. And like a bad omen, a mysterious murder takes place in the vicinity.
Before, the Summer
Brasília, Capital do Século
Gerson Tavares
The construction of the Brasilia dream is blurred in precious scenes that preceded the opening of the city, filmed as sombre. What will be the future of these buildings and monuments? What will become of the future of these workers?
Brasília, Capital do Século
Gafieira
Gerson Tavares
One Saturday night at a Rio carnival. Filmed in the famous 'Elite', using direct sound, it faithfully documents all the stages of the party: the preparation of the hall, the bar, the regulars, the orchestra, the music, the dance and the characteristic types, all forming a large panel popular power and poetry.
Gafieira
Amor e Desamor
Gerson Tavares
Leonardo Villar, Leina Krespi
An existentialist drama that narrates one night in the life of a couple formed by an architect and university professor who has just left his job and a modern married woman, interested in a casual love affair.
Amor e Desamor
A Petrobrás prepara o seu pessoal técnico
Gerson Tavares
Cid Moreira
Institutional film made for Petrobras in 1958, through a public announcement, about the company's actions for the training of technicians specialized in petroleum engineering.
A Petrobrás prepara o seu pessoal técnico
Reencontro com o Cinema
Rafael de Luna Freire
Gerson Tavares, Hernani Heffner
From a screening of "Antes, o Verão" (1968) in the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Artes of Rio de Janeiro, in 2005, "Reencontro com o Cinema" follows the rediscovery of the life and works of filmmaker Gerson Tavares, who hadn't worked with cinema in 30 years.
Reencontro com o Cinema