Director: Fábio Barreto
Producers: Paula Barreto, Romulo Marinjo Jr.
Screenplay: Daniel Tendler, Fernando Bonassi, Denise Parana
Cinematographer: Gustavo Hadba
Editor: Leticia Giffoni
Music: Antonio Pinto, Jaques Morelenbaum
Principal Cast: Gloria Pires, Rui Ricardo Diaz, Juliana Baroni, Cleo Pires

In 1945, in the wilderness of Pernambuco, Dona Lindu gave birth to her seventh son: Luiz Inácio da Silva, who received the nickname of “Lula”. In the ’70s Lula’s path underwent deep personal and professional transformations. As a union leader he emerged as a refreshing political force and that was when Dona Lindu realized that the boy was going to be someone important. He would have a profession. Lula, The Son of Brazil tells the saga of the Silva family, a saga like many other families in Brazil.

“We have not made a film about a politician or the president, but about a common man, his family and the extraordinary ability to overcome difficulties,” – Luiz Carlos Barreto, creator of the project.

 

1945, sertão de Pernambuco. Menos de um mês depois da partida do marido Aristides para tentar a vida em São Paulo com uma moça bem mais nova, Dona Lindu dá a luz ao seu sétimo filho, Luiz Inácio da Silva, que logo ganha o apelido de “Lula”. Sozinha, Dona Lindu, uma mulher simples e de rígidos valores morais, enfrenta as dificuldades sem se queixar. Lula, o Filho do Brasil conta a saga da família Silva, uma saga igual a de tantas outras famílias do Brasil.

“Não fizemos um filme sobre um político ou o presidente da República, mas sobre um homem comum, sua família e a extraordinária capacidade de superar dificuldades,” – Luiz Carlos Barreto, idealizador do projeto.

Fabio Barreto is an internationally recognized Brazilian filmmaker. He is a screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He was born in 1957 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1995, he launched O Quatrilho, a landmark of Brazilian cinema of the 90s, which won an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film. Based on the novel by José Clemente Pozzenato, the film depicts the beginning of Italian colonization in southern Brazil. Lula, The Son of Brazil is his ninth feature-length film.

 

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