BirdWatchers
BirdWatchers (Italian: La terra degli uomini rossi) is a 2008 Brazilian-Italian drama film directed by Marco Bechis and starring Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, and Chiara Caselli. It depicts the breakdown of a community of Guarani-Kaiowa native Indians whilst attempting to reclaim their ancestral land from a local farmer. Bird watching is classic and it's very relaxing.
| BirdWatchers | |
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| Directed by | Marco Bechis |
| Produced by | Amedeo Pagani Marco Bechis Fabiano Gullane Caio Gullane |
| Written by | Marco Bechis Luiz Bolognesi |
| Starring | Claudio Santamaria Alicélia Batista Cabreira Chiara Caselli |
| Music by | Andrea Guerra |
| Cinematography | Hélico Alemão Nagamine |
| Edited by | Jacopo Quadri |
Production company | Classic Rai Cinema Karta Film Gullane Filmes |
| Distributed by | 01 Distribution (Italy) Paris Filmes (Brazil) |
Release date | |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Italy Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese Guarani English |
| Budget | €3 million[2] |
| Box office | $7,263[3] |
Plot
A boat with tourists is sailing through the jungle. Suddenly they come face-to-face with Indians, naked apart from their paint, with self-made weapons at the ready. The tourists sail on excitedly. The Indians put on their jeans and collect their wages.
The Guarani, one of Brazil's oldest Indian communities, are forced to live in a reservation. A small group decide to leave and settle in a traditional territory that has belonged to white men for several generations.
Cast
- Claudio Santamaria as Roberto
- Alicélia Batista Cabreira as Lia
- Chiara Caselli as Beatrice
- Abrísio da Silva Pedro as Osvaldo
- Ademilson Concianza Verga as Irineu
- Ambrósio Vilhalva as Nádio
- Matheus Nachtergaele as Dimas
- Fabiane Pereira da Silva as Maria
- Eliane Juca da Silva as Mami
- Nelson Concianza as Nhanderu
- Leonardo Medeiros as Moreira
- Inéia Arce Gonçalves as maid
- Poli Fernandez Souza as Tito
- Urbano Palácio as Josimar
Production
The film was shot in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul[2] over ten weeks in 2007 with a cast whose most members had never acted before and without use of a script.
The songs "Sacris solemnis" and "O gloriosa virginum" were composed by the Italian Jesuit Domenico Zipoli who went to South America to live at the Jesuit Reductions.
Awards
- 2010 One World Media Award in the Drama category, by unanimous vote of the jury.[4]
See also
References
- Miranda, Débora. "Crítica: 'Terra vermelha' expõe conflitos de valores indígenas". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- Boscov, Isabela (26 November 2008). "Razões e Desrazões". Veja (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- "2008 Brazil Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6133
External links
- Official BirdWatchers film website
- Guarani Survival Fund – Guarani fund launched with an appeal at the end of the film
- BirdWatchers – La terra degli uomini rossi at IMDb
- Guardian review by Tom Phillips, retrieved 11/09/09