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The 1001 Lives of Lia Rodrigues retraces the career of one of the most influential choreographers in Brazil. An intellectual torn by the realities of her country, Lia Rodrigues is also a passionate mother and an insatiable artist who combines a child-like irreverence with the use of new forms. A plastic artist of bodies, she often uses naked figures, creating remarkable images imbued with a strange beauty. One day, Lia decides to do a residency in Rio de Janeiro’s Maré favela to bring her art and a different mode of life to this dangerous place. Eighteen months of work, three trips to Rio and learning basic Portuguese made it possible for the director to come close to her subject. The film’s narration begins chronologically, then breaks at mid-point to disseminate Lia’s voice within other voices. The process espouses the choreographer’s own convictions: the importance not only of the final object/performance, but of human interaction, of the environment, of living the making of a creation as a political act. Luli Barzman brushes a kaleidoscopic portrait of a life, a body of work and a country shaken by pain, risk, love and death.

France - 2005 - 1 h 10 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Luli Barzman Camera Luli Barzman, Fabrice Ziolkowski Editing Luli Barzman, Fabrice Ziolkowski Music Zeca Assumpçao

Production Mozaïc Productions Tél : +33 (0)1 4336 9734 E-mail : info@mozaicproductions.com

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