Film

São Bernardo

D: Leon Hirszman

Sat, Nov 10, 2012
3 pm
Admission: 5€, concessions 3€ | in the presence of the director's son, João Pedro Hirszman
Wed, Nov 14, 2012
7 pm
Admission: 5€, concessions 3€
São Bernardo

Brazil 1972, 113 min, English subtitles

Just like King Midas, everything he touches turns to gold: Paulo Honorio uses the most brutal of methods in his struggle to become owner of the “São Bernardo” estate. Not even his marriage to the teacher Madalena can breach his armor of mistrust and bitterness ... The film is based on one of the most important novels by Graciliano Ramos. With epic images to the music of Caetano Veloso, Leon Hirszman, one of the founders of Cinema Novo, created a classic – to be seen here at last in the 2011 restored version.