Festival Diary / Thursday 10. April
Films / Rio
Premiere and Q&A
18:30 | GFT
In this 大象传媒 imagine... World Premiere, acclaimed filmmaker Julien Temple returns to our screens with an exhilarating look at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil鈥檚 legendary city.
Julien Temple returns to our screens with an exhilarating look at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil鈥檚 legendary city
Rio is on the cusp of hosting two of the world鈥檚 most high-profile events: the FIFA World Cup later this summer and the Olympic Games in 2016. Rio is a journey through the best and worst of an extraordinary city, powered and narrated by the music and voices of this Brazilian metropolis.
Many still think of Rio de Janeiro as a tropical paradise, an endless party where the sun, sex and samba never stops. However, behind the soaring thermometers and recent economic boom, lurks a much darker reality. Since the 1980s Rio has endured what has been described as a civil war, an ongoing fight between the police and the drug lords of the favelas. The city is still emerging from the legacy of a brutal military dictatorship and widespread corruption, remaining one of the most racially segregated cities on earth.
Flowing from its roots and rhythms in Samba, the music of Rio has reflected and directly influenced these tumultuous social and cultural changes in a way unlike anywhere else on the planet.
Rio is a living X-ray of its heartbeat and soul, a mesmerising portrait of a city at a time of unprecedented transformation.
Director: Julien Temple | Series Editor: Alan Yentob
UK 2014, 1h40m, N/C 15+
Photographs from Art Screen's Opening Night
