Lydia Del Picchia

Mesmerized by the image of an active volcano on the other side of the world, a woman sets out to meet her fury. On the way, without being able to return, she finds herself in an extraordinary pregnancy, starting the account of the journey that gives shape to this play-film, a journey between theater and cinema inspired by the narratives of fantastic realism.

The young Jimena searches for her identity. The film follows the life of the young woman with her mother and grandmother, white middle-class women, and the exchange of letters with her father, a foreign and black man, whom the young woman resembles. Seeking to free herself from the feeling of inadequacy, Jimena rewrites her family relationships and creates other ways of experiencing love, friendship and work ties. Through her eyes, the film considers questions about class, family, tradition, race and gender.

William Shakespeare's classic tale of impossible love between two young people from rival families, adapted to the context of Brazilian popular culture by director Gabriel Villela. Considered a milestone in the history of Grupo Galpão and one of the most significant plays in Brazilian theater in the 1990s.

Grupo Galpão’s Romeu e Julieta (1992), directed by Gabriel Villela, is an intercultural adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a production that intentionally draws on a range of popular practices such as street theatre, circus performance and the tradition of the commedia dell’arte, as well as on elements from the cultural imaginary of Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil.