Brésil / 107’ / Noir & blanc / status : completed / International collections
In late 1950s São Paulo, as the automobile industry transforms Brazil, Carlos, a middle-class manager, finds himself caught between ambition and emptiness. Successful yet unfulfilled, he drifts through work, family, and fleeting desires, searching for meaning in a rapidly modernising world.
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. In association with Cinemateca Brasileira, Lauper Films Ltda., and the family of Luiz Sérgio Person.
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