Short film
O Rio de Machado de Assis
1965 · 13 min
A quiet, literary city portrait, more like a narrated essay than a film, drifting through old Rio in words and images.
- Directed by
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Overview
- A short film commemorating the 400th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The short film was sponsored by the Barsa Encyclopedia (launched in 1964) and the Jornal do Brasil newspaper. The text, narrated by Paulo Mendes Campos, was written by Machado de Assis himself.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Memory, art, identity
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos