A Bay

Documentary | 109 min

2021

At the venue

Film director Murilo Salles spent four years discovering and filming characters who inhabit the surroundings of Guanabara Bay and are directly affected by it. And in this observational documentary, he takes us through the daily lives of men and women on their survival journeys – longshoremen, crab and shellfish gatherers, barbers, bricklayers, and quilombolas. In eight chapters, visual fables with investigations about the conflict between life and history, beauty and amazement in the surroundings of Guanabara Bay. Fables searching the different shades of what gives meaning to the journey of each of these characters from the bay, the gateway to the first navigators who arrived in Rio de Janeiro, and a vital ecosystem for the State of Rio.

Exhibition followed by a short Q&A with director

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Director
Murilo Salles

Country(s)
Brazil

Production
Murilo Salles

DOP
Léo Bittencourt e Fabricio Mota

Editing
Eva Randolph

Director: Murilo Salles

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A Bay

Documentary | 109 min

2021

At the venue

Film director Murilo Salles spent four years discovering and filming characters who inhabit the surroundings of Guanabara Bay and are directly affected by it. And in this observational documentary, he takes us through the daily lives of men and women on their survival journeys – longshoremen, crab and shellfish gatherers, barbers, bricklayers, and quilombolas. In eight chapters, visual fables with investigations about the conflict between life and history, beauty and amazement in the surroundings of Guanabara Bay. Fables searching the different shades of what gives meaning to the journey of each of these characters from the bay, the gateway to the first navigators who arrived in Rio de Janeiro, and a vital ecosystem for the State of Rio.

Exhibition followed by a short Q&A with director

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Director
Murilo Salles

Country(s)
Brazil

Production
Murilo Salles

DOP
Léo Bittencourt e Fabricio Mota

Editing
Eva Randolph

Director: Murilo Salles

Rate the Movie

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