A Brazilian Documentary Classic: “ Cabra Marcado Para Morrer” Still a chance to see once again on a big screen one of Brazil’s great documentaries
Almost 80 documentaries are screening during Festival do Rio, both old and new. On Sunday (8 October) a classic of Brazilian cinema, directed by one of the masters of documentary cinema screened at Estação NET Rio. And for those who want to revisit or watch this masterpiece on the big screen for the first time it will screen again at the Caixa Cultural on Wednesday at 18.00, followed by a debate, and next Sunday at 16.00.
The film is Eduardo Coutinho's “Cabra Marcado Para Morrer” which is part of the festival’s A Cinemateca É Brasileira section, and which way back in 1984 won the Golden Toucan at Rio’s first major film festival, FestRio. The film also won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale of 1985. “Cabra Marcado Para Morrer”
In 1962 João Pedro Teixeira, the leader of the Liga Camponesa (Peasant League) of Sapé, in Paraíba, was executed by order of the landowners. Eduardo Coutinho began to shoot a film about his life in 1964, using the peasants themselves in a fictional reconstruction of the actions that led to the crime. The filming was interrupted by the military coup of that year. Seventeen years later, in 1981, Coutinho resumed the project, seeking out João's widow, Elizabeth Teixeira, and the other participants of the abandoned production.
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