MSSU Brazil Semester
9:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010
Courtyard at Student Residence Halls
Admission: free
2008
121 minutes
Directed by Fernando Meirelles. A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos. Nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2008 Cannes Festival.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1958
103 minutes
Director Marcel Camus’ classic, dynamic retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Rio de Janeiro during carnival time. Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes and Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1966
112 minutes
Highly controversial when it appeared, the film explores the consequences of political commitment through the story of a young poet and journalist whose lover persuades him to get involved in politics. The film’s notable Brazilian director, Glauber Rocha, called Terra Em Transe “my most important film…a more profound expression of my life.”
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1977
106 minutes
A young widow is caught between her respectable new husband and her more exciting but dead first husband. Facets called the film “funny, sexy and intoxicating!” Directed by Bruno Barreto.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1980
110 minutes
What has been called “one of the most original and entertaining films of recent years,” Bye Bye Brazil follows a traveling sideshow as it makes its way over 9,000 miles of rural and backwoods Brazil. Directed by Carlos Diegues.
7:00 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1998
106 minutes
Featuring an outstanding performance by Fernando Montenegro, this very popular film focuses on the unlikely friendship that develops between a lonely, older woman and an orphan boy she encounters at Rio de Janeiro’s central train station. Directed by Walter Salles.
Rated R for language.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
2002
131 minutes
Director Fernando Meirelles’ brutal, gripping portrait of life over three decades in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and how gang warfare there transforms the lives of children, many portrayed by nonprofessional actors. Perhaps the most creative and arresting film to come from Brazil in the last 20 years.
Rated R for strong brutal violence, sexuality, drug content and language.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
2005
122 minutes
Brazil’s highest grossing film in decades traces the struggle and triumph of two brothers who become an outstanding country music duo. Directed by Breno Silveira.
This film is not rated.
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