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Lúcia Murat
Lúcia Murat (born 1949 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Murat participated in the student and guerrilla movements against the Brazilian military government, military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960–1970s. She was imprisoned and tortured by military agents; that experience exerted a strong influence on her work. Murat worked as a journalist for newspapers like ''Jornal do Brasil'' and ''O Globo'' before becoming a film director. Her feature film ''Que Bom Te Ver Viva'' is a compendium of stories and memories of her and other political prisoners. In 2004, she returned to the theme with ''Almost Brothers, Quase Dois Irmãos'', winning the Best Ibero-American Film Award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Mar del Plata Festival. In 2011, Murat won several prizes at the Festival de Gramado, Gramado Festival with the film ''Uma Longa Viagem, A Long Journey''. Filmography * ''O Pequeno Exército Louco'' (1984) * ''Que Bom Te Ver Viva'' (1989) * ''Oswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
