Gala de deschidere / Opening Gala: PARADIS / PARADISE

Directed by: Ana Rieper

Documentary – Brazil – 2024 – 76 min

Section: Reverberations

A documentary about the legacies of the Brazilian colonial condition present today in people’s daily life. With a musical narrative, and using archival footage of different natures, the film proposes a restless journey through relationships forged by the ownership of land and people. In addition to music and archival material, the film is built from narration of excerpts that comment on domestic life in colonial times and by characters whose lives express these relationships.