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CineMagia: The Story of São Paulo's Video Stores

2017 · 100 min

A fond, talky stroll through vanished storefronts, mixing nostalgia and quiet loss with the pleasure of hearing people reminisce.

Directed by: Alan Oliveira
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Rubens Ewald Filho, Raphael Cubakowic, André Sturm

Tagline: Be kind, please rewind
Overview: Before the streaming era, the video stores were the key for the beginning of home video experience in Brazil. The documentary narrates the history of São Paulo's mom-and-pop video stores from its appearance to the vanishing of this platform. Owners, employees, customers and critics talk about the experience of renting a movie.

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Directed by: Alan Oliveira
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Rubens Ewald Filho, Raphael Cubakowic, André Sturm

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
media
work
class
technology
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
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Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Alan Oliveira
Written by: Alan Oliveira
Starring: Rubens Ewald Filho, Raphael Cubakowic, André Sturm, Oceano Vieira de Melo, Carlos Cardoso, Carlos Mota, José Neto, Bruno Pereira
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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