Truckers

According to Raquel de Queiroz, a trucker is the king of the road : a bon vivant with his truck for a home, the road for ground, and the sky for a roof. In addition, also, a woman at each gas station. But is this really true? Truckers took to the road to show another reality. Hypnotized by the magic of the highways, Brazilian truckers cut the country from end to end carrying over one half of all of the cargo transported in Brazil. Nine hundred thousand workers are estimated to be engaged in a day-to-day struggle for survival. They traverse roads in makeshift conditions, appeal to divine protection to get by the violence of stolen cargo, constant risk of death, and consumption of “arrebite”, a remedy to keep this army awake and at the wheel for hours on end. Not to mention the turbulent dealings with cargo agents and with the Road Police.

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Rodrigo Meirelles - He was born in 1976. From 1994 until 1998, he studied at the University of São Paulo School of Engineering and in 2001 and 2002, Film Directing at the UCLA Film Extension in Los Angeles. He is publicity film director for O2 Films. He was assistant director for Oficina dos Atores (2003), a documentary on preparing the cast for City of God, by Fernando Meirelles. He directed short films Wake Up (2002), Murphy and ALNorte (both in 2003). He was executive producer for Cosmopolis (29th Mostra). Patricia Oriolo - Majored in radio and TV by FAAP. Since 1991, she has acted in the main Brazilian TV broadcasters as editor, script writer and agenda coordinator. Since 1996, she has worked with corporate communication in videos and events. She was responsible for research and production of the documentaries O Povo Ribeirinho do Amazonas (1995) and Mesa Brasileira (1996) and script writer for Formação Musical em São Bernardo do Campo (2006). She assists as script writer in the GNT Mothern series. Juarez Malavazzi Jr. - Majored in Film Production and Directing at the New York School of Cinema and in Civil Engineering at the Mogi das Cruzes University (SP). He directed short films Home More or Less (1991), Diabolo Bionda (1992) and Los Indios Tabajaras (2005-2006). He was assistant director to the feature Hans Staden (1999), by Luis Alberto Pereira and several publicity films from O2 Films.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA