The Famous and the Goblins of Death
Brazil
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2009
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Color
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95 min
This directory compiles the glossaries from all editions of Cines del Sur: eleven already held and the twelfth currently underway. It serves as a living memory of the festival, its films, guests, sections, and spaces for reflection on the cinemas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world. Here you can trace the evolution of its programming, rediscover filmmakers, and follow the thematic threads that have defined Cines del Sur's identity as a meeting point for cultures, perspectives, and ways of understanding cinema from the Global South.
Mr. Tambourine Man, a sixteen-year-old Bob Dylan fan who goes by that moniker, lives in a remote Brazilian village. His habits and lifestyle have made him an outcast at school. Meanwhile, he passes the time writing on his blog, smoking weed with his only friend Diego, and contemplating the photos and videos posted online by an unknown girl. His dream is to travel from his hometown to the Brazilian city where Dylan will soon be playing. But Mr. Tambourine Man's journey is closer to a daydream than reality, a delusion that distances him from his own loneliness. In The Famous and the Dead, music, drugs, and culture give way to a universe where nostalgia, fantasy, loneliness, everyday life, and death compose a beautiful melody.
Technical Details
Direction:
Esmir Filho
Cinematography:
Mauro Pinheiro Jr
Music:
Nelo Johann
Language:
Portuguese
Production:
Sara Silveira, Maria Ionescu
Art Direction:
Marcelo Escañuela
Sound:
Martin Grignaschi
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Esmir Filho, Ismael Caneppele
Editing:
Caroline Leone
Cast:
Henrique Larré (Mr. Tambourine Man), Ismael Caneppele (Julian /
Bob Dylan), Tuane Eggers (girl / Jingle Jangle), Samuel Reginatto (Diego), Áurea Baptista
(mother), Adriana Seiffert (Paulinho’s mother)
Director
Esmir Filho
Esmir Filho was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1982. He completed his studies at the FAAP Film School in 2004. Two years later, he won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Short Film Award at the Biarritz Festival for "Alguma coisa assim." With "Saliva," he competed again at Cannes in the International Critics' Week and won the Best Short Film Award at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. His feature film directorial debut, "The Famous and the Dead," has so far earned him the Artistic Contribution Award at the Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema and the Best Film and FIPRESCI awards at the Rio Film Festival.
