A Capital Federal
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Brazil
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A rural landowner and his family travel to Rio de Janeiro to find his daughter's fiancé. They get lost in the city's chaos and are tricked by local swindlers before making their way home.
lightheartedcomedicsatiricalfast-pacedchaoticnostalgicplayfulfarce
What happens
A Capital Federal is an operetta whose text was written by Brazilian writer Artur Azevedo. It was first published in 1897, the same year of its premiere. Besides being Azevedo's most popular play, it is perhaps the most popular Brazilian play ever and was also the first to be performed outside Brazil. In the operetta, a country landowner and his family arrive in Rio de Janeiro in search of the daughter's fiancé, Gouveia. They are overwhelmed by the city's chaos, its sexual temptations, and its then-current affectation for French culture, and taken advantage of by city residents such as Lola, the Spanish courtesan, and Figueiredo, the procurer. At the end, the family finds Gouveia and returns to their home in Minas Gerais, and the landowner realizes that Brazil's prosperity comes from the honest labor to be found in the country, rather than from city life and frivolity. In 1923, it was made into a film, directed by Luiz de Barros. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Two's a Crowd in Orlando (2024)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.