Festival ECRÃ
of Experimental and Art and Cinema
THE LONG JOURNEY OF THE YELLOW BUS
THE LONG JOURNEY OF THE YELLOW BUS
Julio Bressane, Rodrigo Lima
Brazil
2023
Film
Feature Film
For this monumental film, Bressane used his works and edited them in an order that initially follows historical chronology, but then begins to move backwards and forwards. The various pasts – the 60s, 80s, 2000s – are commented on in order to shed light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly evident and, finally, an entire idea of cinema is revealed to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Journey of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his last beginning? Selection of the Rotterdam Film Festival 2023.
general information
edition
7th ECRÃ Festival
date and
time
MAM CINEMATECA
01/07
13H
duration in min
432
debut
National Premiere
classification
indicative
10 years / Not recommended for children under ten years old / Not recommended for children under ten years old
content
tags
DOCUMENTARY, MEMORY, EXPERIMENTAL
trailer
Julio Bressane, Rodrigo Lima
Júlio BRESSANE directed his first feature film in 1967, emerging as an important figure in Brazilian marginal cinema. He founded the production company Belair Filmes in 1970 together with Rogério Sganzerla. Bressane's poetic and essayistic work is among the most exemplary of Brazilian experimental cinema, focusing especially on the relationship between image and soundtrack. He received the Bastone Bianco Award for Nietzsche's Days in Turin (2001) at the Venice Film Festival. In 2008, he received the honorary Eduardo Abelin trophy at the Gramado Film Festival. Sentimental Education (2013) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Leopard. Rodrigo LIMA works primarily as an editor. He began working with Júlio Bressane in 2006 when he edited Cleopatra (2007) and has since been the editor of all of his films. The Mirror (2015), his first feature film as a director, had its world premiere in Locarno. He is co-director of The Long Journey of the Yellow Bus (2023).
more information
Round table with the directors after the session.