Freely inspired by the work Catatau, by Paulo Leminski, the plot begins with the historical hypothesis imagined by the poet from Curitiba: “What if René Descartes had come to Brazil with Maurício de Nassau?” The film materializes this hypothesis and joins the father of modern philosophy in his journey through the tropics. Under the effect of hallucinatory herbs, he investigates questions revolving around geometry and optics in the face of an absolutely strange world. Known for his famous sentence “I think, therefore I am”, Descartes faces his doubt towards phenomena reason doesn’t explain. René, Renatus, Re born.
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Ex-It - 2010
Direction and Cinematography: Cao Guimarães
Editing: Cao Guimarães, Marcelo Gomes
Images: Cao Guimarães, Beto Magalhães, Alexandre Baxter, Sérgio Neuenschwander
Script: Cao Guimarães
Executive Producer: Beto Magalhães
Line Producer: Beto Magalhães
Produção/Production: Heloísa Lô
Cast: João Miguel
Costume: Ró Nascimento
Art: Júlio Dui
Original Soundtrack: O Grivo
Sound recording: Marcos M Marcos
Narração: João Miguel
Assistant director and producer: Aline X
Cinematography assistant: Alexandre Baxter
Editing assistant: Lucas Sander
Costume assistant: Gabriela Campos
Production Date: 2010
Runtime: 86’00’
Screening Format: HDV
Capture Format: HDV
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 29.97 (60i NTSC)
Sound Mix: Stereo
FESTIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS
- The Flaherty Seminar (Exibição Especial), 2014
- Festival de Gramado (Filme de Encerramento), 2010
- CineEsquemaNovo, 2011 - Prêmio da crítica
- 16º Festival do Filme Documentário e Etnográfico de Belo Horizonte, 2012
- 15º Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes
- Mostra Interseções, 2012
- CinemasKope, Curitiba, 2011
- Itinerancia Alemanha e Austria (Berlin, Viena, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt), 2013
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