Santiago (2007)

Directed by

João Moreira Salles

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is about Santiago, a butler who worked for the director's family for thirty years. It shows his life and his stories through old footage and the filmmaker's reflections.

intimatereflectivenostalgicgentleobservationalpersonalslow-pacedaffectionate

What happens

Santiago is a 2007 Brazilian documentary film by João Moreira Salles, about Santiago Badariotti Merlo (1912-1994), a butler who worked for the filmmaker's family for 30 years. In the 2010s it was ranked as number 33 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list and also number 3 in the documentary list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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