NO INTENSO AGORA BY JOÃO MOREIRA SALLES
Synopsis
Made following the discovery of amateur footage shot in China in 1966 during the first and most radical stage of the Cultural Revolution, In the Intense Now speaks to the fleeting nature of moments of great intensity. Scenes of China are set alongside archival images of the events of 1968 in France, Czechoslovakia, and, to a lesser extent, Brazil. In keeping with the tradition of the film-essay, they serve to investigate how the people who took part in those events continued onward after passions had cooled. The footage, all of it archival, not only reveals the state of mind of those filmed – joy, enchantment, fear, disappointment, dismay – but also sheds light on the relationship between a document and its political context. What can one say of Paris, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, or Beijing by looking at the images of the period? Why did each of these cities produce a specific sort of record?
CREW
Director: João Moreira Salles Screenwriters: João Moreira Salles Producer: Maria Carlota Fernandes Bruno Production Company: Videofilmes World sales: Luxbox Editors: Eduardo Escorel, Lais Lifschitz Music: Rodrigo Leão Sound: Denilson Campos
Original title: No Intenso Agora English title: In the Intense Now Country: Brazil Languages: Portuguese, French Production year: 2017 Length: 127' Aspect ratio: 1.85 Sound: 5.1 Frame rate: 24 fps
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Rio de Janeiro Film Critics Association
Best Director on Documentary in 2017, One of the 10 Best Brazilian Films in 2017
Sao Paulo Art Critics Association
Best Brazilian Director of the Year
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali
Best Documentary
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Special Prize
Cinéma du Réel
Best Soundtrack, Library Award
SCAM (Civil Society of Multimedia Authors)
Best Documentary
Santiago International Film Festival
Honorable Mention
JOÃO MOREIRA SALLES
Director/ Screenwriter
Brazilian documentary filmmaker born in 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, he began his career in 1985 when he and his brother Walter Salles founded VideoFilmes, a video and documentary production company. He is particularly known for Santiago (2007), Nelson Freire (2003) and No Intenso Agora (2017).
Filmography
2017, No Intenso Agora
2006, Santiago
2004, Entreatos
2003, Nelson Freire
2000, O Vale (TV documentary)
1999, Notícias de uma guerra particular
1998, Somos Todos Filhos da Terra (Documentary short)
1998, Futebol (TV series directed with Arthur Fontes)
1990, Blues
1989, América (TV series)
1987, China, o Império do Centro
