Flores em Vida

A feature documentary on the life and work of Brazilian conductor, teacher, musicologist and composer José Siqueira. Founder of some of the most important Brazilian orchestras, including the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra, Siqueira was part of the 3rd. nationalist generation of Brazilian composers who used folklore as a source of inspiration and emphasized their northeastern roots in their work. An artist and leader of the musical class who showed the world the strength and diversity of Brazilian culture and who remains unknown in his own country after having his history erased by the Brazilian military dictatorship.

In the richest state and one of the most conservative in Brazil, the modus operandi of public education suffers a setback when high school students react to the official decree that determines the closing of 94 schools and the relocation of students. The student response is surprising.

After being the victim of a violent eviction in the Parque Oeste neighborhood, in Goiânia, a woman rebuilds her life based on the struggle for housing.

Tony’s body is marked. His legs are a bit crooked; his feet are pretty blistered; his torso is kind of tilted forward. He walks, observes, and wanders around. The others are coming. Someone is already in, and now stands next to him, also wandering. They both pick their work tools, which gets renewed everyday when work is over and their eyes match the state of their feet. Tony is exhausted; yet he somehow celebrated everyday after showering. This documentary portrays him and describes this celebrating version of him. In the everyday life of transported goods, transport workers, and transporters, Consonni and Marques discover a character who turns this film into a testimony of how enticingly overwhelming urban transport can be.

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.