Realismo e realidade no cinema brasileiro: de Rio, 40 Graus a Cidade de Deus

Abstract

The film Rio, 40 Graus, of Nelson Pereira dos Santos, completed 50 years in 2005, September. To establish a parallel between the film of Nelson Pereira dos Santos and the film Cidade de Deus, of Fernando Meireles -a landmark of the period known as the "after retaken" of brazilian cinema, is the proposal of the present paper. Such proposal is established from considerations concerning the influences of neorealism in brazilian cinema. The notions of realism and reality on the movies are raised for better understanding of the role played by the two films. The analysis considers their context, approaches and distances.