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São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

2016 · 93 min

A stately, image-rich history lesson that moves through centuries of a city's reinvention, informative and visually varied but rarely urgent.

Directed by
Juliana de Carvalho
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ruy Castro, Leilane Neubarth, Mary Del Priore
Overview
The documentary shows the 450 years of the rich history of the city of Rio de Janeiro and its profound transformations, using archive images, 3D simulations and testimonials.

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Directed by
Juliana de Carvalho
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ruy Castro, Leilane Neubarth, Mary Del Priore
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    • identity
    • class
    • politics
    • memory
    Places
    • big city
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    period
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
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    • Violence mild
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Juliana de Carvalho
    Written by
    Carlos Haag
    Starring
    Ruy Castro, Leilane Neubarth, Mary Del Priore
    Music
    Fabiano Krieger, Lucas Marcier
    Cinematography
    Luís Abramo
    Runtime
    93 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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