The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its campus was invaded by the police, during the military dictatorship, thus putting an end to its independence.
Direction
Carvalho weaves testimony like a prosecutor building an impossible case.
Editing
Archival silence lands harder than any score could.
Director
Vladimir Carvalho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
UNB was designed as Brazil's 'capital of knowledge'—its 1968 invasion became a national metaphor for crushed intellectual freedom.
Jean-Pierre Léaud appears because Godard sent him as solidarity; Brazilian cinema and French New Wave were secret siblings in rebellion.
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