Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus

A lyrical road movie wherein cinema and friendship cross Brazil’s arid countryside.

  • Director

    Marcelo Gomes

  • With

    João Miguel, Peter Ketnath

  • Brazil 2005. 99min

  • Digital

  • English subtitles

A German salesman and a drifter travel the Sertão, screening aspirin adverts to isolated communities. Blending road movie and wartime chronicle, Gomes’ film reflects on displacement, friendship and cinema’s seductive power. Luminous landscapes and quiet observation create a moving portrait of encounter, survival and the stories we ‘sell’ in order to endure.

The screening of Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures on Thursday 11 June will be introduced by season co-curator Adriana Rouanet.