Gustavo Pizzi – The Last Days of Gilda #Berlinale2021

March 6, 2021

Gustavo Pizzi - The Last Days of Gilda #Berlinale2021 fredfilmradio

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Gustavo Pizzi, director of the series The Last Days of Gilda.

A conversation with Gustavo Pizzi, director of the series The Last Days of Gilda, presented in the Berlinale Series section of the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. The series revolves around a free and independent woman named Gilda living on the edge of the favelas, and the growing hostilities between her and the reactionary Christians that begin to become a powerful and imposing presence of her territory. In this interview, Pizzi discusses how the series reflects the current socio-political sitiation of Brazil but also speaks about the timelessness that it evokes. He also shares his thoughts on the current state of the art in Brazil in the times of Bolsonaro and whether there is something he finds particularly stimulating about the series structure, as opposed to the more traditional feature film structure.

The Last Days of Gilda: Gilda loves cooking, men and life. She is a free woman who knows exactly what she wants and how to satisfy her hunger for love, noisy passion and boisterous celebrations. But in her neighbourhood on the edge of a favela in Rio de Janeiro, reactionary Christians are rapidly gaining the upper hand, and her unbridled way of life, self-confidence and independence do not go down well with everyone. At first, the graffiti on the façade of her small house barely bothers optimistic Gilda, but her little world between chickens and pigs is becoming ever more constricted.

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