Oscar Niemeyer

Lucio Costa is one of the rare personalities in the history of Brazil who allows him to cross his individual history with nation-building in a very natural and open way. The documentary narrates, through the trajectory of the architect and urban planner Lucio Costa, the process of "formation" of modern Brazilian architecture.

Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s.

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto Cavalcanti, after a trip to Brasilia in 1978.

"Zanine, Ser do Arquitetar" portrays the life, thought and achievements of José Zanine Caldas - a self-taught architect of projection in the 60s, of salutary, brilliant and humanitarian work. It is a document about the thought and look of a simple man, yet sophisticated in his art, who was ahead of his time.

The testimony of an artist who continues to believe in the socialist ideal. The story of a man who loves women.

Documentary about the works

The first images of the new capital of Brazil, Brasília!

Murilo Peres and Pedro Barros get a once-in-a-lifetime pass to roll on the fabled curves of some undisputed masterpieces of modern architecture. Oscar Niemeyer remains one of the most important architects in modern history. The Brazilian visionary, who died in 2012 aged 104, elevated modern architecture beyond the realms of function and created buildings that are works of art and express the highest attributes of humanity. His work with reinforced concrete in particular created new architectural forms and possibilities, eschewing the tyranny of angles to create waves and swooping arches of such soaring beauty that they represent nothing less than physical poetry.

On a trip across the country, director Alberto Renault visits residential architecture in a meeting with architects and residents.