Amazon Opera
Опера Местика / Ópera Mestiça
Every year, the most important folk festival in Brazil takes place on the island of Parintins, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest
As the celebration is prepared, faith, ritual and religious syncretism begin to reveal themselves as the invisible forces shaping the spectacle. Blending observation and myth, the film unfolds as a fairytale documentary, where reality gradually takes on the texture of legend. At its center is the mythical figure of the Bumbá Ox, a symbol born from the deep coexistence of different peoples – Indigenous communities, Black Africans and Europeans – whose traditions merge in the Amazon to form a unique Brazilian cosmology.
| Script | Bruno Jorge |
|---|---|
| Camera | Bruno Jorge |
| Music | Lucas Mayer and Silvio Erné |
| Producer | Rodolfo Paes, Bruno Jorge |
| Production | De Bubuia Cine, Ubá Fotografia, Dahouse Studio |
| World sales | Bruno Jorge, bruno@brunojorge.com |
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BRUNO JORGE
BRUNO JORGE studied social communication in São Paulo, documentary film in Paris, and Master in Performing Arts in Liège. In 2003 he created De Bubuia Cine. Winner of national and international film festivals. His documentaries "Piripkura" (2017) and "The Invention of the Other" (2022) was selected for the MIFF. In 2013 the French Cinematheque honored him with a retrospective of his works. His filmography also includes "Justice to Insult" (2005, short), "The Barons" (2008, short), "Less Than Tomorrow" (2009, short), "Boy's School" (2010, short), "Still Life" (2012, short), "Alley" (2012), "Setback" (2013, short), "Catuçaba" (2013, short), "November, December" (2016, short), "Useless Utensils" (2024), etc.
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