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.[1][2][3][4]
| Santiago | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | João Moreira Salles |
| Written by | João Moreira Salles |
| Produced by | Maurício Andrade Ramos |
| Cinematography | Walter Carvalho |
| Edited by | Eduardo Escorel Lívia Serpa |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
In the 2010s it was ranked as number 33 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list[5] and also number 3 in the documentary list.[6]
Plot
editIn 1992, João Moreira Salles filmed his Argentinean butler Santiago Badariotti Merlo, who was born in 1912 and had worked between 1956 and 1986 for the filmmaker family in the huge house of their own in Rio de Janeiro. Two years later, Santiago died and, for some strange reason, Moreira Salles felt he couldn't edit the film and put it aside. In 2005, the filmmaker remembers the unfinished film and decided to start its material.
Promotion
editSantiago had its worldwide premiere at the Cinéma du Réel Film Festival (Paris), in March 2007. The film won the Grand Prix Award for Best Documentary.[7][8][9]
In April 2007, the film was also screened at the It's All True – International Documentary Film Festival (São Paulo) and made subsequent appearances in the Official Selection in some international film festivals, such as the Alba Film Festival (Italy), Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine (Peru), Tribeca Film Festival (United States), Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Greece), Hot Docs Documentary Festival (Canada), Miami Film Festival (United States), among others.[3][7]
Accolades
edit| List of awards and nominations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Cinéma du Réel | 2007 | Best Documentary | Santiago | Won | [7] |
| Alba International Film Festival | 2007 | Best Film (according to popular vote at the AIFF) | Santiago | Won | [3] |
| Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine de Lima | 2007 | Best Documentary | Santiago | Won | [10] |
| Miami International Film Festival | 2008 | Best Documentary | Santiago | Won | [11] |
References
edit- ^ Furtado, Gustavo Procopio (January 8, 2019). Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0190867058.
- ^ Luiz Zanin Oricchio (7 April 2007). "Santiago: uma entrevista com João Moreira Salles" [Santiago: an interview with João Moreira Salles] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S.Paulo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Santiago". Documenta Madrid. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Williams, Deane (July 26, 2018). Ten Years of Studies in Documentary Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138104914.
- ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" [Abraccine organizes ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films]. Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "100 melhores documentários brasileiros" [Top 100 Brazilian documentaries] (in Portuguese). Revista de Cinema. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Santiago". Cinéma du Réel. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "João Moreira Salles ganha prêmio em Paris por "Santiago"" [João Moreira Salles is awarded in Paris for "Santiago"] (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Filme de Moreira Salles que abre o 'É tudo verdade' é premiado em Paris" [Moreira Salles film that opens 'It's all true' is awarded in Paris] (in Portuguese). G1. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Santiago" [Santiago] (in Portuguese). TV Brasil. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "'Santiago', de Moreira Salles, é premiado em Miami" [Santiago is awarded in Miami] (in Portuguese). Extra. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links
edit- Santiago at IMDb
- Santiago at the Instituto Itaú Cultural