Notice of Brazil

The New York Times post little notice about one of our series 'City of Men'.

TV Review 'City of Men'
Taking the Jumpy Pulse of Life in a Rio Slum

An American director who made a series like "City of Men," a Brazilian import that starts tonight (in Portuguese, with English subtitles) on the Sundance Channel, would probably be urged to have his meds adjusted. Shot with handheld cameras, "City of Men" is so jumpy and jangling, darting from one scene to the next, that it feels hyperactive. The show also races through dramatic mood swings, spinning in an instant from, ...

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This news serves to stand out the life that many people lead in the slum quarters of Rio De Janeiro, leading certain criticizes on such fact. Also showing the work of our director, Meirelles, and the actors, who are living of the slum quarter, that having an excellent point of view of the daily life of the slum quarter translating into the seriado one.

Fernanda Montenegro

Fernanda Montenegro is ones of the actresses of great prominence in the national artistico scene. It possesss appreciated works very, between them is "Central of Brazil", where it obtained great prominence in the artistico cenario, and with this film it arrived until disputing the Oscar.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Carlos Drummond de Andrade was a great translating writer and of workmanships of Brazilian literature. Still today it is remembered by its stories that had marked the time. Some workmanships: Feeling of the world (1940), Jose (1942)

Botanical garden

Botanical garden

The Botanico Garden is a place of great historical value, which was constructed in the imperial period of Brazil. E this pretty garden still is today one of the great tourist control points and study in Brazil.

Copacabana Palace

Copacabana Palace

One of the first hotels of the city to be constructed to the side-sea, the Copacabana Palace faithful reflects the européia cultural influence of its time with a requintado style of lodging. Inaugurated in 1923, the hotel finished if becoming a symbol it River, being the preferred one of artists, international politicians, executives and personalities and great receptions. Tumbled for the Historic site, the Copacabana Palace possesss in its resume facts of the biggest relevance, as for example, to have served of scene for the film "Flying Down You the River", where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers had danced for the first time together.

Filme

One of the films of bigger Brazilian success currently is "the two Children of Francisco", where the history of the singers Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano is counted. One of the biggest difficulties of the set of wheels of the film was to find a child similar to the Zezé singer and that it touched sanfona and to sing. But everything gave to certain e the film is a great success. Now it is concurring for a vacant to go to dispute the Oscar.

O Rappa

One of my favourite bands is the Rappa. Its musical style is rock, where its letters have certain social boarding of the Brazilian reality. And beyond music they promotes some projects socias. To be better informed you can access the link: http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/pemacaco/orappa.htm

Rio

Brazil is a pretty country, with great cultural diversity, and many tourist points. One of its card-postcard is the Christ Redentor, of where he is possivel to have a beautiful sight of the city of Rio De Janeiro.

The best of the world.

This year have the World Cup, and Brazil will be winner again. They're the best team atually.

aBout Me

Hi,

My name's Rafael. I'm brazilian, and I'm 18. I live at Serra, Espírito Santo. I'm a student, I study in CEFET - ES, I'm in 3º year in high school. My school is the one of the best here, it's big and have good teachers, and have good teams, all champions. So, here have many diferents types of students, crazy, quite, smarts, funnys... And this is my english work, I need this to pass in this class. The objetive this work is talk about my country, the people live here and their costumes.

That's it.

Good Bye