Friday night (24) was marked by emotion and attentive silence in the central square of Tiradentes. The film’s outdoor screening Dear Worlddirected by Miguel Falabella, brought together a large audience at the 29th Tiradentes Film Festival, transforming the historic space into a movie theater and an emotional encounter with Brazilian audiovisual.
The film, a drama starring Malu Galli and Eduardo Moscovis, follows two characters crossed by personal frustrations who find themselves trapped in the rubble of an abandoned building at the turn of the year. Emotional dependence, domestic violence and the possibility of a fresh start weave together the narrative, which provoked intense reactions from the audience throughout the free session.
Actor Miguel Falabella at the 9th edition of the Tiradentes Film Festival – Leo Fontes/Universo Produções
Before the screening, Falabella presented the film and shared with the public the journey to cinematography.
“Directing a film was something that, for a long time, seemed impossible to me. But I wanted to tell this story. Creating, entering and inventing a new world is fascinating”, he said, to applause.
This Sunday morning (25), the director met with the public again in an open conversation, expanding the dialogue about the creative process, acting and language. When commenting on his career in theater and cinema, Falabella recalled remarkable experiences and the centrality of the actor’s body in the construction of the scene. “Nowadays, few people work on this, the actor’s body. It’s another construction, another posture, another diaphragm, another utterance”, he stated, evoking theatrical productions from the 1980s.
The meeting took on the form of a tribute when Falabella spoke of the emotion of being part of the same edition of the exhibition as filmmaker Júlio Bressane, Who worked with on Cleopatra.
“This is priceless. It has a totally anti-naturalist dimension. For those who come from television, accustomed to naturalism, it is a powerful exercise: you need to discover another way to say it, to give credibility to a difficult text”, he reflected.
Falabella also highlighted the provocative nature of this cinema, which requires an active effort from the actor and the spectator. “It’s not taking the person by the hand all the time. It’s exercising your head”, he summarized, eliciting laughter and agreement from the audience.
With the theme “Imaginative Sovereignty”, the 29th Tiradentes Film Festival occupies the historic city until January 31st with a free program that reaffirms the festival as the first major showcase in the Brazilian audiovisual calendar.
Check out the full schedule at official website of the show.
*The reporter traveled at the invitation of the event organizers
