Di Cavalcanti (film)

Di Cavalcanti, or simply Di, is a 1977 Brazilian documentary short film by Glauber Rocha, about the funeral of the internationally renowned painter Di Cavalcanti.^[1][2][3]

Di Cavalcanti
Directed by	Glauber Rocha
Written by	Glauber Rocha
Produced by	Glauber Rocha
Release date	1977 (1977)
Running time	17 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

In the 2010s it was voted number 88 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list^[4] and also number 9 in its documentary list.^[5]

Plot

After hearing news on the radio about the death of Di Cavalcanti, filmmaker Glauber Rocha gathered a small film crew to record the painter's funeral and burial, held respectively in the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art and São João Batista cemetery, both in the Rio de Janeiro.

Reception

The film was first shown on March 11, 1977 during a session at the Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro, along with the feature film "Cabeças Cortadas", also by Glauber, but shortly after its exhibition, Elizabeth Di Cavalcanti (the painter's adopted daughter) asked the Brazilian Court to ban the exhibition of the short film.^[6]

The film was also screened at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film.^[7] But in 1979, Elizabeth succeeded in court that the film was banned from being shown in Brazilian territory.^[6]

In 2004, Glauber's family members made the work available on the Internet under the subtitle "Ninguém assistiu ao formidável enterro de sua quimera, somente a ingratidão essa pantera,foi sua companhia inseparável" ("No one watched the formidable Burial of your last chimera. Only the Ingratitude - this panther").^[8]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Cannes Film Festival	1977	Short Film Palme d'Or	Di Cavalcanti	Nominated	[7]
Cannes Film Festival	1977	Short Film Special Jury Prize	Di Cavalcanti	Won	[7]

References

1. Williams, Patrick; Chrisman, Laura (21 August 1994). Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader. Columbia University Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0231100212.
2. "Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. "Glauber e Di - A história proibida" [Glauber e Di - The forbidden history] (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
4. "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" [Abraccine organizes ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films]. Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
5. "100 melhores documentários brasileiros" [Top 100 Brazilian documentaries] (in Portuguese). Revista de Cinema. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
6. "Filme de Glauber Rocha sobre enterro do pintor Di Cavalcanti foi censurado" [Glauber Rocha's film about the burial of the painter Di Cavalcanti was censored] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
7. "Di Cavalcanti". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
8. "Curta de Glauber dribla proibição e ganha a internet" [Short film by Glauber circumvents banand is shown on the internet] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S.Paulo. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

External links

• Di Cavalcanti at IMDb