Birdwatchers (film)

Birdwatchers (Italian: La terra degli uomini rossi) is a 2008 Brazilian-Italian drama film directed by Marco Bechis and starring Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, and Chiara Caselli. It depicts the breakdown of a community of Guarani-Kaiowa native Indians whilst attempting to reclaim their ancestral land from a local farmer.

Birdwatchers
Film poster
Directed byMarco Bechis
Written byMarco Bechis
Luiz Bolognesi
Produced byAmedeo Pagani
Marco Bechis
Fabiano Gullane
Caio Gullane
StarringClaudio Santamaria
Alicélia Batista Cabreira
Chiara Caselli
CinematographyHélico Alemão Nagamine
Edited byJacopo Quadri
Music byAndrea Guerra
Production
companies
Classic
Rai Cinema
Karta Film
Gullane Filmes
Distributed by01 Distribution (Italy)
Paris Filmes (Brazil)
Release dates
  • 1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) (Venice)
  • 28 November 2008 (2008-11-28)[1]
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesItaly
Brazil
LanguagesPortuguese
Guarani
English
Budget€3 million[2]
Box office$7,263[3]

Plot

A boat with tourists is sailing through the jungle. Suddenly they come face-to-face with Indians, naked apart from their paint, with self-made weapons at the ready. The tourists sail on excitedly. The Indians put on their jeans and collect their wages.

The Guarani, one of Brazil's oldest Indian communities, are forced to live in a reservation. A small group decide to leave and settle in a traditional territory that has belonged to white men for several generations.

Cast
  • Claudio Santamaria as Roberto
  • Alicélia Batista Cabreira as Lia
  • Chiara Caselli as Beatrice
  • Abrísio da Silva Pedro as Osvaldo
  • Ademilson Concianza Verga as Irineu
  • Ambrósio Vilhalva as Nádio
  • Matheus Nachtergaele as Dimas
  • Fabiane Pereira da Silva as Maria
  • Eliane Juca da Silva as Mami
  • Nelson Concianza as Nhanderu
  • Leonardo Medeiros as Moreira
  • Inéia Arce Gonçalves as maid
  • Poli Fernandez Souza as Tito
  • Urbano Palácio as Josimar

Production

The film was shot in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul[2] over ten weeks in 2007 with a cast whose most members had never acted before and without use of a script.

The songs "Sacris solemnis" and "O gloriosa virginum" were composed by the Italian Jesuit Domenico Zipoli who went to South America to live at the Jesuit reductions.

Awards

See also

References
  1. Miranda, Débora. "Crítica: 'Terra vermelha' expõe conflitos de valores indígenas". G1 (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. Boscov, Isabela (26 November 2008). "Razões e Desrazões". Veja (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. "2008 Brazil Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. "Film depicting Guarani plight wins prestigious award". Survival International. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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