Underplayed Gems

Why (Not) Brazil? (2004)

Why (Not) Brazil? poster
Original title
Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil
Directed by
Laetitia Masson
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A filmmaker struggles with financial problems and is asked to adapt a novel she thinks is unfilmable. The book ends up reshaping her film instead.

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What happens

Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil est un film français réalisé par Lætitia Masson et sorti en 2004. Les affres de la création d’une réalisatrice (Lætitia Masson) sont doublées de soucis financiers… Elle en est réduite à effectuer un travail qu’elle réprouve : on lui propose d'adapter Pourquoi le Brésil ?, une œuvre de Christine Angot qu'elle juge inadaptable. Les méandres de la création artistiques sont bien mystérieux puisque c’est plutôt le contraire qui va se produire : le livre va modeler le film… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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