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F International Film
Festival Presents
7 Brazilian Films
April 17 to May 1
"Durval Discos" -
Beginning like Brazil's answer to High Fidelity, this
deadpan comedy heads towards odder waters when a middle-aged
rocker and his mother are suddenly saddled with a mysterious little girl.
A bouncing 70's Brasilpop soundtrack sweetens its absurdist,
ever-darkening edge. US PREMIERE.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 96 minutes
Director: Anna Muylaert Brazil
Where: Kabuki Theatre at the corner of Post and Fillmore st.
Showtime: Saturday, April 19, 9:45 pm
and Tuesday, April 22, 4:30pm.
"Madame Satã"
- Street fighter, samba dancer and transvestite singer,
João Francisco dos Santos ruled 1930s Rio de Janeiro. A sumptuous
biography of Brazil's infamous stranger-than-fiction gay outlaw and folk
hero-Jean Genet, Josephine Baker and Robin Hood in one.
Year: 2001
Running Time: 103 minutes
Director: Karim Ainouz
Where: Castro Theatre
Showtime: Sunday, April 20, 9:30 pm
"Bus 174" - This
riveting documentary tells the story of a tragic bus hijacking,
portraying the urban violence that is associated with Rio de Janeiro's immense
"favelas" and savage price exacted upon its children.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 120
minutes
Director: José
Padilha
Where: Kabuki
Theatre at the corner of Post and Fillmore St.,
Pacific Film Archive (PFA) in Berkeley and Castro Theatre.
Showtime: Wednesday,
April 23, 6:45 pm (Kabuki),
April 24, 2:30pm (Castro) and Sunday, April 27, 6:00pm (PFA)
"The man of the year" - Máiquel
kills a local criminal, earning his neighbor's
respect and launching his life as an assassin. "The man of the year"
examines
one man's attempt to alter his fate, and the interchangeability of violence and
status.
North American Premiere.
Year: 2003
Running Time: 115
minutes
Director: José
Henrique Fonseca
Where: Pacific
Film Archive (PFA) and Kabuki Theatre
Showtime: Wednesday,
April 23, 9:15 pm (PFA), Friday, April 25, 9:30pm (Kabuki)
and Tuesday, April 29, 6:45pm (Kabuki)
"Stones in the sky"-
Glauber Rocha's films "Black God", "White Devil" and
"Antonio das Mortes" were the cinematic equivalent of a bomb, mingling
of Brazilian
folk culture and revolutionary politics. This powerful documentary reclaims his
rightful place in the cinematic pantheon.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 93 minutes
Director: Eryk Rocha
Where: Kabuki Theatre at the corner of Post and
Fillmore st. and Pacific Film
Archive (PFA) Berkeley
Showtime: Thursday,
April 24, 9:15 pm and Monday, April 28, 9:15pm at PFA.
"Mango Yellow" - A
macho butcher and his and his born-again, a forlorn barmaid,
a sinister sadist and a gay hotel manager - low-rent losers living in a
Brazilian
coastal town - collide in a provocative film as sloppy, sluttish, scruffy and
vital as
they are. International Premiere.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 100 minutes
Director: Cláudio Assis
Where: Kabuki Theatre at the corner of Post and
Fillmore st.
Showtime: Saturday,
April 26, 9:15 pm and Tuesday, April 29, 9:45pm
"A
hidden life" - This Brazilian fable enters into the daily life of an
orphaned
teenager who lives in a provincial village in the early 1900s. Her guardians try
to remake Biela into a "civilized" gift but discover that her
independence and
stubbornness endure. US Premiere.
Year: 2001
Running Time: 95 minutes
Director: Suzana Amaral
Where: Kabuki Theatre at the corner of Post and
Fillmore st.
Showtime: Sunday,
April 27, 8:45 pm and Tuesday, April 29, 4:30pm
For more information and tickets, please visit www.sffs.org