Title: A Via Lactea / The Milky Way
Location: Brava Theater for Women in the Arts
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Description: dir. Lina Chamie, 2007, Brazil, 88 min.

Start Time: 14:15
Date: 2008-11-09
End Time: 15:45

 

A modern love story set in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America’s most populated city. Heitor (played by actor Marco Ricca of Romeo and Juliet Get Married) is a writer and professor of literature. Julia (Alice Braga of City of God and Solo Dios sabe) is a theatre student turned veterinarian. A fight over the telephone propels Heitor into a journey through the chaotic city streets to reconcile with Julia. Their personal history unfolds against the backdrop of the city and its people in a series of events representing the struggle between poetry and science. Cinematography portrays the movement of people in a metropolis of 30 million, juxtapositioning the stars above with faces of the individuals that Heitor meets on his journey. The soundtrack enlivens the film with a contrast of classical composers and contemporary artists such as Manu Chao.

 

Una moderna historia de amor ubicada en San Pablo, Brasil, las ciudad mas poblada de Sudamerica. Heitor (Marco Ricca, El Casamiento de Romeo y Julieta) es escritor y profesor de literatura. Julia (Alice Braga, Ciudad de Dios y Solo Dios sabe) es veterinaria y estudiante de teatro. Una pelea por telefono impulsa a Heitor a salir en busca de Julia para reconciliarse, lo cual lo lleva a una aventura a traves de la caotica ciudad. Su historia personal se despliega sobre el fondo de la ciudad y su gente en una serie de eventos que representan el conflicto entre lo poetico y lo urbano. La cinematografia retrata el movimiento urbano en una metropolis de 30 millones, mostrando las estrellas juxtapuestas con los individuos que Heitor encuentra en su travesia. La musica acompana al film en el contraste entre compositores clasicos y contemporaneos como Manu Chao.

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