Ph. Ana Laura Leardini
PROJECT 85
THE DEBT IN THREE EPISODES
2015
Episode 1: The face of the woman in debt
In this film, actual mothers of the Project 85’s brazilian members, expand the disgraced face of Helena Failure and enact the misfortunes that tackled her life. We follow her path from the democratic aperture in Brazil, her success on the job market to her financial and subjective decay. As the final outcome of this one life (or ten lives), we see an urban legend of a phantasmic woman who drives a cheap silver car and is willing to help brazilian women in debt, cursing against her own life.
In 2016, the film was selected to the Focus Exhibit at the Tiradentes’ Cinema Festival, to the Pirenópolis’ Documentary Festival, aside from winning the best short-film award the the Filme Livre Exhibit. Presented at Itaú Cultural, SESC Belenzinho and II Bienal de Teatro da USP in 2016.
Credits
Directing: Rodrigo Batista and Renato Sircilli
Mothers: Amélia Lopes, Maria Emília Alcebíades, Maria Cecília Amendola Faganello, Margareth de Gouveia, Marilena Pimentel, Meire Vieira Vanderley, Silvia Vidor, Solange Id, Sônia Maria da Silva Dias (in memoriam), Suzana Valéria
Father: Aparecido Faganello
Actress: Liliana Junqueira
Narrator: Paulo Barcellos
Script: Luiz Pimentel and Nicole Oliveira
Photography: Adriana Hipólito Serafim
Still: Bruno Claro
Direct sound: Clara Lazarim
Sound track: Cainã Vidor
Art: Juliana Jucá
Production: Olivia Pato and Renan Salveti
Co-production: Rumos Itaú Cultural
Episode 2: The face of the man in debt
EVACUATE! We must evacuate! The earth trembles and, facing such tremors, terrible animals roam our corners. We must leave now! I’m sorry for the death of your father, but it’s imperative that you leave this house as fast as possible. Nothing will come of arguing who gets the keys or the turtle or the porcelain or the room in the back. No need to worry about the debt, for the fire will consume all the papers! The temperature quickly rises and our ideas are in full convulsion. Evacuate! WE MUST EVACUATE!
This episode was created in a partnership between the Brazilian group [pH2]: estado de teatro and the Colombian group La Maldita Vanidad. Presented at Itaú Cultural and II Bienal de Teatro da USP in 2015.
Credits
Directing: Jorge Hugo Marin and Rodrigo Batista
Text: Jorge Hugo Marin and Luiz Pimentel
Performers: Andres Estrada, Angélica Pietro, Beatriz Id Limongelli, Bruno Moreno, Ella Becerra, Juan Manuel Lenis, Maria Adelaida Palacio and Maria Emília Faganello
Light design: Luana Gouveia
Sound design: Rodrigo Batista
Video design: Renato Sircilli
Dramaturge: Paola Lopes
Production: Palipalan (Maria Fernanda Coelho and Renan Salveti)
Co-production: Rumos Itaú Cultural
Episode 3: The face of the country in debt
After the great catastrophe, a ship-territory approaches the devastated country and astablishes a joint reconstruction regime. The Reconstruction is welcomed with euphoria and enthusiasm while vertiginously increasing the nation’s public debt, leaving a trail of death and a permanently indebted subjective state. Five performers mobilize texts, images and historic videos to present a brief analysis of the progressist neoliberal processes in their countries.
The episode was built in a partnership between the Brazilian group [pH2]: estado de teatro and the Mexican group Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol. Presented at Itaú Cultural and II Bienal de Teatro da USP in 2015.
Credits
Text: Gabino Rodriguez and Luiz Pimentel
Performers: Beatriz Id Limongelli, Bruno Moreno, Gabino Rodriguez, Maria Emília Faganello and Rodrigo Batista
Light design: Luana Gouveia
Sound design: Rodrigo Batista
Video design: Gabino Rodriguez and Renato Sircilli
Dramaturge: Paola Lopes
Production: Palipalan (Maria Fernanda Coelho and Renan Salveti)
Co-production: Rumos Itaú Cultural