BYE BYE BRAZIL
Bye Bye Brasil (Bye Bye Brazil), Carlos Diegues’ other country
Bye Bye Brasil (Bye Bye Brazil) by Carlos Diegues is about to make its return to the Croisette, with a screening at Cannes Classics. Presented In Competition at the Festival de Cannes in 1980, this Brazilian road movie casts an atypical gaze on a rapidly changing country through a journey as picturesque as it is sociological.
President of the Caméra d’or Jury in 2012, Carlos Diegues presented his last film O Grande Circo Místico (The Great Mystical Circus) In Competition at the Festival de Cannes in 2018, after Bye Bye Brasil (Bye Bye Brazil), Quilombo and Um Trem para as Estrellas. An essential figure of Brazilian cinema since the 1970s, Carlos Diegues is often associated with the Cinema Novo movement along with his compatriot Glauber Rocha. His commitment to a cinema of the real that takes inspiration from Italian neo-realism and his capacity to capture the very essence of Brazil are reflected in emblematic films like Xica da Silva, a film that explores the complex history of slavery in the country.
“My project was to present a Brazil that our cinema did not depict and of which Brazilians were also unaware.”
– Carlos Diegues
In Bye Bye Brasil (Bye Bye Brazil), the filmmaker takes us through Brazil in the company of Salomé, Lorde Cigano and Andorinha, three itinerant circus people who travel the country in their caravan, providing entertainment for the poorest parts of the population. Their journey on the Trans-Amazonian highway becomes a metaphor for the transition from the old to the new world. Moving from virgin forest to the new city of Brasilia, the film confronts both its characters and spectators with a reality in constant evolution.
Une présentation et restauration par Lucy et Luiz Carlos Barreto pour Produções Cinematográficas LC Barreto, en association avec Quanta, Alexandre Rocha et Marcelo Pedrazzi, et Rede D’Or.
