Walter Lima Jr. — Director (7)
Brazil Year 2000 (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Brasil Ano 2000
other title: Brasil Ano 2000 / Brasilien anno 2000
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.
Architecture, The Transformation of Space (1972) [Movie] Douban
Arquitetura, A Transformação do Espaço
director: Walter Lima Jr. actor: Lina Bo Bardi / Joaquim Cardoso
other title: 巴西的建筑艺术 / Arquitetura, A Transformação do Espaço
纪录片关于巴西的建筑历史与风格。
A film in three movements. In the first one, we find a historical synthesis of Brazilian architecture, from the slaves' dwellings to the Ministry of Education Building. In the second segment, architects such as Burle Marx, Lina Bo Bardi, Grigori Warchavchik and Joaquim Cardoso talk about architecture's social function. In the third movement, inhabitants of some Brazilian cities discuss the space they live in.
He, the Dolphin (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Ele, O Boto
director: Walter Lima Jr. actor: Carlos Alberto Riccelli / 加西亚·基斯
other title: 海豚男人 / Ele, O Boto
According to an amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Dolphin, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of a fisherman, who has a son with the Dolphin. He constantly reappears to seduce her, and even when she marries, he continues to look for her. This provokes the ire of the husband, who wants to kill him anyway.
The Lyre of Delight (1978) [Movie] Douban
director: 小沃尔特·利马 actor: Anecy Rocha / 克劳迪奥·玛佐
other title: A Lira do Delírio
During the Carnival, in Niterói (city next to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the son of a Lira do Delírio (Lyre of Delirium) nightclub dancer is kidnapped. With the help of a journalist friend, she dives into Rio de Janeiro's underworld and meet all kind of criminals. She also goes back in time, to a past carnival, where she thinks she might pin-point the culprit among a group of people.
Plantation Boy (1965) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Menino de Engenho
director: Walter Lima Jr. actor: Geraldo Del Rey / Sávio Rolim
other title: 男孩技巧 / Menino de Engenho
In colonial Brazil, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. His adaptation will be difficult and painful. A young boy goes to live with his grandfather on a Brazilian plantation after his mother dies. Haunted by the memories of her violent death, the boy slowly adapts to his new surroundings until death, marriage, and the passage of time breaks up the family. Only when the boy is old enough to experience his first love does he leave to attend a city school.
The Oyster and the Wind (1997) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
A Ostra e o Vento
other title: 牡蛎与风的故事 / A Ostra e o Vento
由巴西著名导演Walter Lima编导的《牡蛎与风的故事》是一部以魔幻现实主义手法讲述人性情感的剧情片,本片获得当年威尼斯电影节的CinemAvvenire奖,被巴西影评人学会评选为1990-1999年十佳电影之一。
A fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter. This film takes a simple story and tells it in a layered and time-spliced fashion that is truly unique. A group of sailors arrive at an island. They are there to deliver supplies to the lighthouse and investigate why no radio contact for some time. The place is as deserted and eerie as that in L'Avventura and only yields it's secrets through a series of set pieces weaving timelines in the story together, delivering the events that lead to the current point in time. Characters from different times walk through the same scenes, commenting on each others actions as the drama unfolds on camera.