Grupo Corpo 30 Anos – uma Família Brasileira

In 2005, Grupo Corpo, one of the best renowned dance companies in Brazil, completed 30 years of existence. To celebrate it, the show Onqotô was created, with music by Caetano Veloso and José Miguel Wisnik. The project had the general coordination of Lucy Barreto, and registered the routine of the group during the commemorative year, from the creation process to the Brazilian and international tours. The guideline of the film is the intimacy of the creation of Onqotô in its quotidian rehearsals. The film also shows the warmth of the reception of the group in the big world centers, where they are acclaimed as authentic ambassadors of Brazilian culture. Directors Fabio Barreto and Marcelo Santiago collected 58 hours of filmed material, in Belo Horizonte (the group’s hometown), São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris and New York. The portrait of an artistic family is drawn, bringing together entertainment and investigation, always searching for a universal language and for the improvement of an artistic and authentic identity.

Lucy Barreto She was born in 1933, in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, and got married in 1954 with the photo reporter at O Cruzeiro magazine at the time, Luiz Carlos Barreto. Her first work in the cinema was as scene assistant in The Heirs (1968), by Carlos Diegues. She is one of the most important Brazilian producers. With her husband, she is at the head of LC Barreto and Filmes do Equador, where she is responsible for analyzing screenplays and books that may become movies. Her daughter Paula Barreto helps her in the creation and elaboration of projects. Among the over seventy titles she produced and co-produced, there are some of the most important movies of Brazilian cinema, such as Terra em Transe (1967), by Glauber Rocha, Bye Bye Brasil (1980), by Carlos Diegues, Memórias do Cárcere (1984), by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and Inocência (1985), by Walter Lima Jr.. Recently, she has produced The Middle of the World (2003), first solo feature by Vicente Amorim, and House of Sand (2005), by Andrucha Waddington. She also produces the films by her sons Bruno and Fabio Barreto. For Bruno, she has produced, among others, Four Days in September (1996, nominated to the 1997 foreign movie Academy Award). Fabio Barreto Born in 1957, in Rio de Janeiro, son of Lucy e Luiz Carlos Barreto. He started with the short film A Estória de José e Maria (1977), which was awarded the best direction Candango at the Brasília Film Festival. His first feature, India, Daughter of the Sun (1982), was produced by his grandmother, Lucíola Villela. He then made O Rei do Rio (1985) and Luzia Homem (1987), before being nominated for the 1996 foreign film Academy Award for O Qu4trilho (1995). Among his recent works there are Bela Donna (1998), The Passion of Jacobina (2002) and Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio (2005). Marcelo Santiago Assistant director in O Qu4trilho and Bela Donna, but he also got involved in the production of Four Days in September. He was also associate producer of the documentary 2000 Nordestes (2000, in the 24th Mostra selection), by Vicente Amorim and David França Mendes, and of Bossa Nova (2000), by Bruno Barreto. He started in the direction with the short film Os Filhos de Nelson (2000). His first feature was Sonhos e Desejos (2006), which brought the best actress Kikito to Mel Lisboa at the Gramado Film Festival.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA