20 Cents

director: Tiago Tambelli

original title: 20 Centavos

country: Brazil

year: 2014

running time: 52 min.

synopsis

São Paulo, June 2013: The local government’s decision to raise the price for a public transit ticket by 20 cents results in a wave of social unrest. The protests are an expression of a more general dissatisfaction among the working classes with their living conditions. However, the mass of protestors does not succeed in achieving a common vision: The carneval-like ethos is replaced by the atmosphere of guerilla struggle, and solidarity by violence. Over several days, this observational documentary places the viewer directly into the middle of the chaotic events. The cadence of kinetic footage of angry mobs, accompanied by tribal rhythms and heavy-metal riffs, is enough to give the viewer a sense of vertigo.

DETAIL:
“Brazil cannot continue being the country of impunity! Brazil cannot continue sending only poor to prison. It’s time the politicians go to jail.”

biography

Brazilian filmmaker Tiago Tambelli’s previous films include Das Almas (2012), a poetic documentary about fishermen, and the engaged Cidade Cinza (2013), which looks at São Paulo’s graffiti subculture.

more about film

director:	Tiago Tambelli
producer:	Mauricio Monteiro Filho, Marcelo Krowczuk
script:	Carlos Maga, Tiago Tambelli, Eduardo Consonni, Rodrigo T. Marques
photography:	André Uba, Edgar Bueno, Miranda Emerson, Ioschep Eduardo, Eduardo Rabin, Kamikia Kisedje, Léo Rudá, Lucas Barreto, Lucas Satti, Marcelo Simões, Mauricio Tibiriça, Ronaldo Franco, Thaís Taverna, Tiago Tambelli
editing:	Eduardo Consonni, Rodrigo T. Marques
music:	Sabotagem, Meta Meta, RZO, Macaco Bong

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