Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
We live in a new age. We are always rushing, rushing for no reason, rushing for nothing. As though time had sped up. Everything implies speed, urgency. But ultimately, why does time seem so short? This film is about the director’s conflict about time and the lack of it in today’s world; she reflects on civilization and the future of existence.
Arnaldo Jabor (Rio de Janeiro, December 12, 1940 – São Paulo, February 15, 2022) was a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, film and TV director, film producer, playwright, critic, journalist and writer. He is most famous in cinema for the making of "All nudity shall be punished" (1973), "I love you" (1981), and "Love me forever or never" (1986).
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