Tag Archives: Brazil

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MONDAY, 02/11/2013 — “BLACK ORPHEUS” (1959) — BRAZILLIAN SERIES

Directed by French director Marcel Camus, this superb retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek legend is set against Rio de Janeiro’s madness during Carnival. This movie earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

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MONDAY, 02/04/2013 — “CENTRAL STATION” (1998) — BRAZILIAN SERIES

central-do-brasil-poster051An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew. This Oscar-nominated drama follows the interplay between Dora and the boy during their journey to Brazil’s remote Northeast region, their bond growing ever stronger with each mile logged.