Bodies in Landscape: The Scientist’s Presence in Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo and Ventos De Agosto

Cunha, M. 2017. Bodies in Landscape: The Scientist’s Presence in Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo and Ventos De Agosto. in: da Silva, A. and Cunha, M. (ed.) Space and Subjectivity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Springer. pp. 77-95

Chapter titleBodies in Landscape: The Scientist’s Presence in Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo and Ventos De Agosto
AuthorsCunha, M.
Editorsda Silva, A. and Cunha, M.
Abstract

This chapter examines the relationship between the characters’ bodies and the landscapes of the sertão (Brazilian backlands) and the sea in Karim Aïnouz and Marcelo Gomes’s Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo (I Travel because I Have to, I Come Back because I Love You, 2009) and Gabriel Mascaro’s Ventos de agosto (August Winds, 2014), respectively. It contends that, through the portrayal of the character of a scientist, the films are able to provide a material and embodied depiction of these spaces. The chapter further argues that the two films are part of a recent trend in contemporary Brazilian cinema concerned with a new cinematic experience of the spaces of the sertão and the sea.

Book titleSpace and Subjectivity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema
Page range77-95
Year2017
PublisherSpringer
Publication dates
Published2017
ISBN9783319482668
9783319482675
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48267-5_5

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