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BRAZIL: Lula, the Son of Brazil (Lula o filho do Brasil)

2010/ 130 mins/ Brazil/ Dir. Fábio Barreto
Cast includes: Rui Ricardo Dias, Gloria Pires, Juliana Baroni, Cleo Pires, Lucelia Santos, Milhem Cortaz, Antonio Saboia, Marcos Cesana

Directed by Fábio Barreto (whose film O Quatrilho was nominated for the Foreign Language Academy Award in 1996), and based on the homonym book of Denise Paraná, Lula, The Son of Brazil brings to the screen the trajectory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from his birth, in 1945, until 1980, when he was a famous union leader. The date also marks the death of his mother Dona Lindu, someone deeply influential in his life and in his way of thinking.

 

Filmed in two states (Pernambuco and São Paulo), seven cities and 70 locations, the film follows the life of Lula, from the arid homeland in Pernambuco, where he was born, to the periphery of Santos, where he was raised, through the factories and the unions of ABC Paulista. Depicting the early life of the man who went on to become the 35th President of Brazil, and was last year listed as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World (The Times, 2010), this is the story of a common man, his family and his extraordinary capacity to overcome difficulties.

Photo: Otávio de Souza.