Arábia. 2017. Directed by João Dumans & Affonso Uchoa

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Arábia. 2017. Brazil. Directed by João Dumans & Affonso Uchoa. Courtesy of Katasia Filmes

Arábia. 2017. Brazil. Directed by João Dumans & Affonso Uchoa. 97 min.

Arábia begins by observing the day-to-day of Andre, a teenager who lives in an industrial area in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. After a local factory worker, Cristiano, has an accident on the job, he leaves behind a handwritten journal, which the boy proceeds to read with relish. The film shifts into road-movie mode to recount the story of Cristiano, an ex-con and eternal optimist who journeys across Brazil in search of work, enduring no shortage of economic hardship but gaining an equal amount of self-knowledge. Invigorating and ever surprising, Arábia is a humanist work of remarkable poise and maturity.

This film accompanies New Directors/New Films 2017.

Past events

Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 6:30 p.m.

Followed by a discussion with Dumans & Uchoa

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Sat, Mar 18, 2017, 4:00 p.m.

Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater

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