Global Lens 2009 Film Series/MUTUM (Brazil, Director: Sandra Kogut)
The Global Lens 2009 film series screens award-winning narrative, feature films every Thursday, August 27 through October 29, at 7pm in Latzer Hall at the University YMCA (corner of Wright & Chalmers). Free admission.
Organized by the Center for Global Studies with funding support from the Title VI Program of the U.S. Department of Education, and co-sponsorship support from the University YMCA; Center for African Studies, European Union Center, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Russian, East European & Eurasian Center, and the Asian American Cultural Center.
MUTUM, Director: Sandra Kogut
Portuguese, with subtitles in English
Brazil, 2007 (86 minutes)
Synopsis
Thiago is a sensitive and imaginative boy living on a small, hardscrabble farm in a remote region of Brazil. His life is filled not only with curiosity and youthful discovery, but also the reality of his parent's unhappy marriage and his father's abuse — all of which are one day changed by a chance encounter and unexpected gift. Director Sandra Kogut, in her poetic adaptation of the Brazilian short story Campo Geral, focuses on minute details of rural life to tell a bittersweet story of one boy's coming-of-age amidst events both great and small.
About the Director
Sandra Kogut was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1965. She began her career creating performance pieces and installations in Brazil, France and the United States. Her short films have won numerous awards at festivals worldwide and her work has been featured in many venues throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Harvard Film Archive and the Forum des Images. Mutum is her first feature film.
