Popular Cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001

by Stephanie Dennison and Lisa Shaw

Book Overview

Brazil has one of the most significant and productive film industries in Latin America. This ground-breaking study provides an entertaining insight into the Brazilian films that have most captured the imagination of domestic audiences over the years.

The recent international success of films such as Central Station and City of God, has stimulated widespread interest in Brazilian film, but studies written in English focus on the 'auteur' cinema...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719064996
• ISBN13: 9780719064999
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"