Di Cavalcanti

Di Cavalcanti
  • Release date: 11 Mar 1977
  • Release year: 1977
  • Runtime: 18 minutes
  • Country: Brazil
  • Keywords: artist, burial, funeral, open casket, painter, brazil, anti conformist, brazilian culture, sadness, cult director
Plot:
Glauber Rocha films the funeral of his friend Di Cavalcanti, one of the most important Brazilian painters and artists of all time. The director/writer pays his tribute to Di by narrating an eloquent speech, referencing poets such as Augusto dos Anjos e Vinicius de Moraes, along with images of Cavalcanti's work and the funeral as well - with the latter event being a spur of the moment to the director who rushed with his camera to the place when he heard the news.
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