Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival shows that sport is also practised on film
Check out the film programme that rio216.com website prepared for sport-loving cinephiles
Images from the films: "The Swimming Pool", "The Pee Wees", "The Ring", "Foosball" and "Grace" (Rio Film Festival)
After seven days of music festival, time has come for the seventh art to rock Cariocas’ daily routine. On 26 September – 10 October, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival will show 380 films from more than 60 countries in several cinemas across town. And sport could not be left out. During the festival, you will be able to watch productions in which sport is the protagonist on the big screen, both fiction films and documentaries – like Fla X Flu, narrating the rivalry between the teams. In addition to Football, Boxing, Rugby, Athletics, Hockey, Swimming and Synchronized Swimming are among the subjects covered. Check out the programme that rio2016.com website prepared for sport-loving cinephiles:
At an upper-class English boarding school, Roddy, the only son of wealthy Bernwick family, is a leader among his peers and star of the Rugby team. When his best friend Tim's enrolment at Oxford University is jeopardised by one of his schemes, Roddy takes the blame and vows never to tell on him. From then on, his life begins to fall apart in a series of misadventures. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with ITV Studios Global Entertainment and Park Circus Films. Principal restoration funding provided by Simon W Hessel. Additional funding provided by Deluxe 142 and The Headley Trust.
Show times: SUN (29/09) 17:40 Instituto Moreira Salles; THU (03/10) 15:45 Estação Botafogo 1
With statements from Zico, Assis, Leandro, Junior, Romário, Pedro Bial, Tony Platão and other rabid fans, the film invites the viewer to share in one of Football’s most charming feuds. Apart from rescuing historical footage and memorable matches from TV Globo and Canal 100, Fla X Flu alternates between passionate and personal statements from both sides, which give rise to provocations, jokes and emotions. Impartiality and analytical comment are left at the door. More than a film about Football, this is a film about passion made for all Football fans.
Show times: MON (30/09) 17:00 Odeon Petrobras; TUE (01/10) 13:00 Pavilhão do Festival; WED (02/10) 14:15 São Luiz 4; WED (02/10) 19:15 São Luiz 4; THU (03/10) 19:00 Cinemark Botafogo 4; FRI (04/10) 20:00 Ponto Cine
Amadeo, a small-town employee at a bar, is one of the area’s best foosball players and he is in love with Laura. His life is shaken up by the arrival of Grosso, a fellow native who went on to become one of the world’s best Football players and is now back and bent on taking revenge for the only defeat he ever suffered. But Amadeo discovers something magical: the players of his beloved game talk, and how! Together they will embark on a journey to save Laura and her town. This is Juan José Campanella’s (Son of the Bride and The Secret in their Eyes) first 3D animation.
Show times: FRI (27/09) 19:15 Odeon Petrobras; SAT (28/09) 21:40 Cinemark Downtown 10; SUN (29/09) 19:00 Cinemark Downtown 10; SUN (29/09) 19:30 Cine Carioca; SUN (06/10) 14:00 Leblon 2; SUN (06/10) 19:00 Leblon 2; MON (07/10) 19:00 Roxy 3
Graça is a Synchronized Swimming athlete trying to overcome the limits of her own body. Underwater, she dives into her inner self.
Show times: SUN (29/09) 21:30 Odeon Petrobras; MON (30/09) 15:00 Pavilhão do Festival; TUE (01/10); 16:45 São Luiz 4; TUE (01/10) 21:45 São Luiz 4; WED (02/10) 21:30 Cinemark Botafogo 4
Sarah, a young middle-distance runner, is invited to join the best university athletics program in Canada. For that, she will have to go to Montreal and leave behind the city in which she was born, in the Quebecois suburbs. Her mother, worried mostly about her health, is not willing to aid her financially. Determined, Sarah leaves for her new life alongside friend Antoine, but her expectations are not fulfilled. Sarah does not wish to hurt anyone, but running is, and will be, her priority. Shown at Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2013.
Show times: SUN (29/09) 13:10 Estação Ipanema 1; SUN (29/09) 19:30 Estação Ipanema 1; THU (03/10) 16:30 Estação Rio 2; MON (07/10) 21:00 Estação BarraPoint 1
JB is a 16 year old wunderkind. He is a great talent and the most promising player at a Football training centre for youth. Torn between friendship, competition, rivalry and his attraction for Lila -- a young street artist --, JB must keep a secret that could likely shatter all his dreams. In order to write the screenplay for this film, first-time director Vianney Lebasque sought inspiration in his own adolescence, when he still dreamed of becoming a professional Football player.
Show times: SUN (29/09) 16:30 São Luiz 3; SUN (29/09) 21:30 São Luiz 3; WED (02/10) 14:30 Estação Botafogo 1; THU (03/10) 16:30 Cinepolis Lagoon 5; THU (03/10) 21:30 Cinepolis Lagoon 5
The Pee Wees: The Winter that changed my Life
Janeau Trudel, a young boy with a talent for Hockey, loses his encouraging mother in tragic circumstances. He and his father move to another town. There he joins the school team through goalie Julie’s insistence. Goaded on by the obstinate young girl who is virtually the team’s captain, Janeau is going to face challenges. Time is short to assemble the team that will represent Canada in an international contest. There is a lot of competition among the players, which is mirrored outside the courts, in the families. Overcoming obstacles is central in order to obtain positive results.
Show times: FRI (27/09) 14:30 Estação Rio 1; WED (02/10) 09:00 Estação Rio 1
First round: Jack is a boxer engaged to Nelly. Without revealing his true identity, Australian champion Bob Corby challenged him, bent on stealing his lovers' heart. When Nelly runs away with Bob, Jack dedicates his life to training so he can take revenge. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. Principal restoration funding provided by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation. Additional funding provided by Deluxe 142 and The Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation.
Show times: SAT (28/09) 20:00 Instituto Moreira Salles; SAT (05/10) 14:30 Estação Botafogo 1
In films, pools are generally a setting for elegance and hedonism. In The Swimming Pool, however, it has a kind of humble charm. Esteban, a shy Swimming instructor and former professional swimmer, spends his days submerged, waiting for his four students. They all have in common some sort of disability: Diana’s leg has been amputated and she is possessive; Dany has Down syndrome; Rodrigo has mobility issues; Oscar, despite having no apparent disability, refuses to speak. Little by little, however, conflicts arise and the idyllic tropical setting is filled with animosity. Berlin 2013.
Show times: SUN (06/10) 14:50 Est Vivo Gávea 4; SUN (06/10) 22:00 Est Vivo Gávea 4; TUE (08/10) 19:00 Cine Santa; THU (10/10) 13:40 Estação Rio 3; THU (10/10) 22:00 Estação Rio 3
In 1967, legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, refuses to be drafted into the US Army to fight in Vietnam. As a result, he is banned from sports and sentenced to five years in prison. His famous explanation that “no Viet Cong ever called me nigger” dates from that period. The Trials of Muhammad Ali depicts the Boxing champion’s trajectory outside the rings, from his Louisville, Kentucky roots, through his conversion to Islam, his fights with the US government and his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Show times: FRI (27/09) 18:00 Oi Futuro Ipanema; SAT (28/09) 19:00 Cine Santa; FRI (04/10) 23:45 Estação Botafogo 3; TUE (08/10) 14:45 C.C. Justiça Federal 1; THU (10/10) 15:00 Estação Rio 3
In 1971, Jackie Stewart, a world champion F1 racer, and Roman Polanski, spent a weekend together during the Monaco Grand Prix. This three-day meeting became the starting point for Frank Simon’s Weekend of a Champion, honourable mention at the 1972 Berlin Film Festival but never commercially released. 40 years later, Polanski decides to reedit it and add an epilogue to it: his reunion with Jackie Stewart. A rare portrait of one of the world’s greatest racers and the numerous changes times has occasioned in Formula 1. Cannes Classics 2013.
Show times: THU (03/10) 13:00 Est Vivo Gávea 5; THU (03/10) 22:10 Est Vivo Gávea 5; SAT (05/10) 16:45 Estação Botafogo 1; THU (10/10) 19:00 Cinepolis Lagoon 5
Floating Skyscrapers
Young Kuba leads a normal life: he is an aspiring Swimming champion, has been training for 15 years, lives with his mom and has a girlfriend. He seems content with the eventual sex with Sylwia and his mom’s affection. But he has also been noticing the guys at the gym. One night, on the opening of a gallery exhibit, Kuba is bored and out of place until he meets Michal. Sylwia notices the fascination in Kuba’s eyes and, out of love, keeps it to herself. But Michal will change Kuba’s life completely. He decides to give up Swimming and says he has never felt anything that intense. Tribeca 2013.
Show times: WED (02/10) 23:59 Estação Botafogo 1; SUN (06/10) 13:10 Est Vivo Gávea 4; SUN (06/10) 20:15 Est Vivo Gávea 4; MON (07/10) 19:00 Estação BarraPoint 1
