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Iluminados

2007 · 100 min

A warm, thoughtful sit-down with veteran craftsmen who talk shop and then show their art, rewarding patient viewers with quiet insight.

Overview
Documentary about the great Brazilian photographers who helped develop Brazilian cinema and their opinions on their work, making movies in Brazil and in general, and other subjects. As a bonus, they all agreed to shoot the same scene following their individual concepts, and the result is shown for comparison.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • work
  • memory
  • identity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Cristina Leal
Written by
Reinaldo Pinheiro, Cristina Leal
Starring
Mário Carneiro, Walter Carvalho, Dib Lutfi, Pedro Farkas, Edgar Moura, Fernando Duarte
Music
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Cinematography
Antonio Luiz Mendes
Runtime
100 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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