Friendship

A unique figure in Brazilian cinema, Cao Guimarães is known for his mindful approach to daily life and his ability to capture life in its most mundane acts. In Friendship is an intimate essay film composed primarily of his personal archives filmed over his 30-year career and combined with clips from his own filmography. Filled with restrained tenderness and a gentle melancholy, this work is an open meditation on friendship and how it is built through the act of shared creation. In a modern world often characterized by the volatility of its human connections, the filmmaker chooses to focus on what endures, even through distance and silence. In this way, he explores how cinema can, in its own right, create and preserve these relationships.

This film is presented as part of the O Grivo Retrospective: Crafting Sonic Landscapes
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Presented with the support of Consulate General of Brazil in Montreal and of the Institut Guimarães Rosa

Friendship