Big Bonsai

Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that evolved into liberating celebrations of music.

The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.

'Lulu's Dream' integrates the actress Simone Spoladore's monologue "Louise Valentina", conceived from two female figures who hold strong personality traits and independent spirit: the north american actress Louise Brooks and the comic book character Valentina, created by the Italian Guido Crepaz. These are dreams from both characters, fantastic frames from the imaginary of a silent movie actress who left many words.

How much does urban space influence our interior space?