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DOCUMENTARY, 78′, BRASIL, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs alignment=”center” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”SYNOPSIS” tab_id=”synopsis”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When the Portuguese King Don Sebastian lost the Battle of Alcazar in the 16th Century, his body was swallowed by the sands of Morocco and disappeared. His spirit, however, raised an army that went on exploring continents until they arrived in Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n On the Len\u00e7ois Island, in the Northeast of Brazil, Don Sebastian founded his enchanted kingdom. He wanders in the form of a black bull, which bears a star on its forehead. One day his daughter will return to the island, wielding a golden sword.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”248″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”CREDITS” tab_id=”credits”][vc_column_text]Documentary, 78′, Brazil, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n director\u00a0<\/span>LARISSA FIGUEIREDO cast\u00a0<\/span>JOANA DE VERONA & LEN\u00c7\u00d3IS ISLAND INHABITANTS (BR) producers\u00a0<\/span>ANA PAULA M\u00c1LAGA, JO\u00c3O CASTELO BRANCO, LARISSA FIGUEIREDO & RAFAEL URBAN assistant director<\/span>\u00a0RAFAEL URBAN director of photography and still<\/span> JO\u00c3O CASTELO BRANCO assistant of photography<\/span>\u00a0ANA PAULA M\u00c1LAGA sound recording\u00a0<\/span>BRUNO VASCONCELOS editing<\/span>\u00a0LARISSA FIGUEIREDO & RAFAEL URBAN color grading\u00a0<\/span>JO\u00c3O CASTELO BRANCO sound design\u00a0<\/span>F\u00c1BIO BALDO sound mixing\u00a0<\/span>DANIEL TURINI & FERNANDO HENNA graphic design<\/span>\u00a0FERNANDO SCIARRA illustrations<\/span>\u00a0LUIZA URBAN\u00a0distribution\u00a0CAZUMB\u00c1 FILMES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS” tab_id=”awards_e_exhibitions”][vc_column_text]44th International Film Festival Rotterdam\u00a0<\/a><\/em> The Bull begins with documentary naturalism and reaches an impressive magical realism\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014 CINEMA AD HOC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The mutation from the documental to the fictional by distorting the real has caused a sensation in the projection of the Brazilian feature film The Bull\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0LUIS SU\u00d1ER, VIDEODROMO<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n What starts as a documentary turns into something more powerful and mysterious. The weight of the film lies on Len\u00e7ois \u2013 an isolated and magical land where dunes, mangroves and desert blend together [\u2026] Far from being only a gentle form of naturalism, O Touro uses these elements to soak up the atmosphere with a certain pleasing and forgotten magic, such as childhood\u2019s old tricks. This concise and glowing film, Larissa Figueiredo\u2019s debut, doesn\u2019t need to be defined as fiction or documentary \u2013 it\u2019s simply aimed to experience the visit to a forgotten kingdom<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0FERNANDO V\u00cdLCHEZ, DIRETOR DO FILMADRID (Festival Internacional de Cine)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”LINKS” tab_id=”links”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n \u203a Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n \u203a <\/a>Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n \u203a <\/a>Brazilian Premiere<\/a><\/p>\n \u203a <\/a>PressKit<\/a><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”otouro”][vc_column_text] THE BULL DOCUMENTARY, 78′, BRASIL, 2015. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs alignment=”center” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”SYNOPSIS” tab_id=”synopsis”][vc_column_text] When the Portuguese King Don Sebastian lost the Battle of Alcazar in the 16th Century, his body was swallowed by the sands of Morocco and disappeared. His spirit, however, raised an army that went on exploring continents until they…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"portfolio_category":[2,10],"portfolio_tag":[7],"yoast_head":"\n
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