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Cidade Invisível

2018 · 75 min

A thoughtful, essayistic documentary that digs beneath a city's beloved self-image, asking you to reconsider what you thought you knew.

Directed by
Terêncio Porto
Genres
Documentary
Starring
João Paulo Cuenca, Daniel Sabbá, Ignácio Cano
Overview
Based on the historical fact of the arrival of the Portuguese royal family to Rio de Janeiro in 1808, Cidade Invisível proposes an upside-down archeology when questioning the myth of the Marvelous City and the irreverence of the Carioca.

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Directed by
Terêncio Porto
Genres
Documentary
Starring
João Paulo Cuenca, Daniel Sabbá, Ignácio Cano
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • identity
  • memory
  • class
  • power
  • politics
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
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
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Terêncio Porto
Written by
Adriana Nolasco, Terêncio Porto
Starring
João Paulo Cuenca, Daniel Sabbá, Ignácio Cano, João Ximenes Braga, Mário Moscatelli, Élida Pinheiro, Germano Rodrigues, Sandra Bandeira
Cinematography
Camila Marquez
Runtime
75 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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