Olho da Rua (2000)

Name: Olho da Rua
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-11-25T13:39:06+01:00

Documentary | 82 minutes / 57 minutes (bioscoopversie)

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 82 minuten / 57 minuten (bioscoopversie)

Alternative title: On the Street

Country: Brazil

Directed by: Sérgio Bloch

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Olho da Rua plot

Director Sérgio Bloch created a portrait gallery of street vendors and artists in Rio de Janeiro. He interviews these people, whose personal lives largely take place in the public space, and films them while they are at it. Like the scissors grinder who extracts music from his grindstone, the man who makes toys from waste and hopes for an exhibition, and the disabled football player who holds the ball endlessly high with half a leg. The colorful Brazilians are chatty and never complaining. Anyone who gives a performance, such as the improvising singers, is assured of a large audience. Some are happy on the street, others resign themselves to the fact that they will never get an education. They briefly tell their life story, while passers-by stop and listen. On the street is the personal audience.