卡洛斯‧狄耶蓋斯Carlos DIEGUES
Brazil│1980│35mm│Colour│101’
1980坎城影展競賽單元
知名度最高的巴西經典電影,歷三十年而風采依舊。為了親近他迷戀的舞孃,男子帶著懷孕的妻子加入馬戲團,擔任手風琴師。隨著巡迴表演一路延伸到亞馬遜深處,馬戲團內情慾的糾葛加深,生意卻因為電視的出現而大不如前,經濟的困境逼使男子必須做出抉擇。狄耶蓋斯創作生涯的巔峰之作,以流浪藝人為主題的公路電影,呈現巴西社會的多樣面貌。
A road movie about the relationship between two couples of caravan, they are on a 7,500-mile tour of Brazil from the coast deep into the Amazon. They discover two Brazils, one is ending, and another without roots or traditions is just begin. The rising of TV threatens the troupe’s financial, the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.