“A softly emotional documentary.”
NARCISSUS OFF DUTY / NARCISO EM FÉRIAS
A film by Ricardo Calil and Renato Terra
(Brazil, 2020, 84 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Co-presented with Brasil SummerFest
Acclaimed at film festivals from Venice to IDFA to Sheffield, Narcissus Off Duty is a gripping documentary about Grammy-winning Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso and his incarceration at the hands of his country’s dictatorship. One December morning in 1968, the police knocked on Veloso’s door, arrested him without charge, and took him to a converted army barracks for allegedly singing the National Anthem to the melody of his popular song “Tropicalia.” What he thought would be one night in jail lasted nearly two months. More than 50 years later, Veloso shares this dark chapter of his life, captured in uninterrupted direct address. Produced by renowned filmmaker Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries), Narcissus Off Duty gives Veloso the space to narrate his own story.
Sunday, Sunday, July 23, 5:30pm
Museum of the Moving Image
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