PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Marcelo Gomes, director of the film Joaquim.
Marcelo Gomes has been inspired by his country’s first leader of the revolutionary movement, Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier, better known as Tiradentes, for his new film, Joaquim, in competition at the 67th Berlinale. While researching and narrating his country ‘s origins, Gomes investigates on Brazil’s contradictions nowadays that have their basis in the happenings of the 18th century. Gomes comments on his decision of introducing a love story in the film as the trigger to Joaquim’s revolutionary soul to be revealed. Through this impossibile love for a black slave, Preta, a subtle transformation begins to take place, an internal, ideological one.
Joaquim: Brazil, 18th century. The colony of Portugal endures a decline in gold production. A Portuguese minority rules over a corrupt and autocratic society. Joaquim is an efficient soldier, famous for capturing gold smugglers. While waiting for his promotion to Lieutenant, he leaves for a risky mission in search of new gold mines – the only way to buy the freedom of Blackie, a slave he is in love with. Inspired by the true story of Tiradentes, the first leader of the Brazilian revolutionary movement.
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