Film

Quaderna

200747mDocumentary

Director: Alexandre Montoro
Year: 2007

The documentary is a dive into this universe that Ariano Suassuna built with his Art (work) and his Life. His novels and characters. Your utopias. Your Quaderna, as the driving force behind this mix. Theater performances. Poems. Show classes. Popular culture. The cordel. The rabeca. Brazil and its stones. The Armorial Movement. Their readings and representations. Based on unpublished interviews with artists and friends (family), as well as Ariano himself and a tour of his home, the documentary recreates his universe.

Top cast

Ariano Suassuna

Self

Gilvan Samico

Self

Francisco Brennand

Self

Mestre Salu

Self

Mestre Pedrinho

Self

Lula Queiroga

Self

Antonio Madureira

Self

J.Borges

Self

Dantas Suassuna

Self

Zélia Suassuna

Self

Egildo Vieira

Self

Maria Paula Rego

Self

Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Self

Directed by

Alexandre Montoro

Written by

Alexandre Montoro, Marcia Watzl

Produced by

Mariana Ferraz, Luciana Soares, Roberta Garcia, Guilherme Coelho