will have a special exhibition at the 5th Beijing International Film Festival

Brazil will be one of the countries to receive a special exhibition at the 5th Beijing International Film Festival, to be held in Beijing from 16th to 23rd of April. It is the first time that Brazilian cinema will be highlighted at the Festival. The participation of Brazilian films is supported by theEmbassy of Brazil in Beijing and Linhas Produções Culturais, the company that curated the movies and that has been carrying out, since 2008, the Brazilian Film Festival in Russia.

Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles will be one of the seven jurors of the main category of the festival, the Tiantan Award. In his honor, the Festival will also screen the movie City of God, Oscar- nominated in four categories in 2004 - Best Director, Editing (). The Festival will display Best Adapted Screenplay (Braulio Mantovani), Best more than 360 films in the main commercial rooms Cinematography (César Charlone) and Best Film of Beijing.

BRAZILIAN MOVIES SELECTED FOR THE 5TH BEIJING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:

SYNOPSIS

Getulio Trinta

The dramatic last days of Getúlio’s life are narrated When Fernando Pamplona is suddenly dismissed from the President’s own point of view. The most from the samba school ‘Salgueiro’ in 1974, his massive political crisis in the Republic’s history is assistant Joaosinho Trinta accepts the challenge triggered on August 5th, 1954, when an attempt of preparing the school for the carnival in record against Carlos Lacerda’s life kills Major Rubens time, having lost the support of the person who Vaz. The President is accused, with all evidences had been his boss, his greatest mentor and friend pointing to his Government. Nothing is proved until then. TRINTA tells the story of Joaosinho’s against the President himself, but the Army, Navy first carnival, a parade of artistic innovations, and Air Force demand his resignation. technical challenges and personal dramas.

Director: João Jardim Director: Paulo Machline Year: 2014 | Length: 100 min Year: 2014 | Length: 92 min Cast: , Drica Moraes, Alexandre Borges Cast: Matheus Nachtergale, Milhem Cortaz, Paolla Oliveira Genre: Drama/Biography Genre: Drama/Biografia

Love Film The Boy in Festival Mirror

Filmed over six years in four countries - Portugal, With an inventive childhood, full of freedom, Brazil, Colombia and , this romantic marked by friendship, games and adventures, drama tells the story of Luzia, a Brazilian Fernando sees his fantasy become reality when screenwriter, and Adríán, a Colombian actor, that his reflection in the mirror comes alive generating fall in love during a film festival in 2009 and live Odnanref. At first, the double is the solution to a love story in different film festivals around the fulfill Fernando’s boring tasks, but something world. The film is a delicate tribute to Love and to happens when Cynthia, his older cousin, comes the great masters of cinema, and elegantly blends fictional characters with the real routine of young to town. Now he will have to use his real friends to filmmakers chasing their first professional dreams. send Odnanref back to the world of mirrors and thus regain the control of his life. Directores: Vinícius Coimbra, Juancho Cardona e Manuela Dias Year: 2014 | Length: 100 min Directores: Guilherme Fiúza Zenha Cast: Leandra Leal, Manolo Cardona, , Year: 2014 | Length: 78 min Nanda Costa, Luz Cipriota e Gustavo Machado Cast: Lino Facioli, Mateus Solano, Regiane Alves Genre: Romance Genre: Drama

The Last Drive-in When I Theater Was Alive

Returning to his hometown, Marlon meets his After lose his job and break up his marriage, father Almeida and the Drive-In cinema where he Junior move back to his father’s house where spent his childhood. The arrival of Marlon and the the attractive tenant Bruna is living. After finding demolition of the Drive-in will bring new directions objects from the past, he involves himself in a to their lives. dizzying spiral with, maybe, no return.

Director: Iberê Carvalho Director: Marco Dutra Year: 2014 | Length: 100 min Year: 2014 | Length: 108 min Cast: Othon Bastos, Breno Nina, Rita Assemany, Cast: Antônio Fagundes, Sandy Leah, Marat Chico Sant’Anna, Fernanda Rocha, Zecarlos Descartes, Tuna Dwek, Lourenço Mutarelli, Gilda Machado, Vinícius Ferreira e André Deca Nomacce, Kiko Bertholini e Helena Albergaria Genre: Drama Genre: Thriller

FORWARD FUTURE EXHIBITION

The Wolf at the Door

A child is kidnapped. At the police station Silvia and Bernardo, the parents of the victim and Rosa, the main suspect and lover of Bernardo, give contradictory evidence which will take us to the gloomiest corners of desires, lies, needs and wickedness in the relationship of these three characters.

Director: Fernando Coimbra Length: 100 min Cast: Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz, Fabíula Nascimento Genre: Drama Year: 2013

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

City of God

Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.

Director: Fernando Meirelles Length: 130 min Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen Genre: Drama Year: 2002

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