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An astonishing creation, Limite is the only feature by the Brazilian director and author Mário Peixoto, made when he was just twenty-two years old. Inspired by a haunting André Kertész photograph on the cover of a French magazine, this avant-garde silent masterpiece centers on a man and two women lost at sea, their pasts unfolding through flashbacks propelled by the music of Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, and others. An early work of independent Latin American filmmaking, Limite was famously difficult to see for most of the twentieth century. It is a pioneering achievement that continues to captivate with its timeless visual poetry.Limite was restored in 2010 by the Cinemateca Brasileira and the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Arquivo Mario Peixoto, Saulo Pereira de Mello, and Walter Salles. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways, and Qatar Museum Authority.
Original Release
05/17/1931
US Release
09/04/1992
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Olga Breno | Woman #1 / First woman |
Tatiana Rey | Woman #2 / Second woman |
Raul Schnoor | Man #1 / First man |
Brutus Pedreira | Man #2 / Second man |
Iolanda Bernardes | Woman at the sewing-machine / Woman at the Sewing Machine |
Edgar Brasil | Man Asleep in the Theatre |
Mario Peixoto | Man Sitting at the Cemetery |
Carmen Santos | Woman Eating a Fruit |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Olga Breno | Woman #1 / First woman |
Tatiana Rey | Woman #2 / Second woman |
Raul Schnoor | Man #1 / First man |
Brutus Pedreira | Man #2 / Second man |
Iolanda Bernardes | Woman at the sewing-machine / Woman at the Sewing Machine |
Edgar Brasil | Man Asleep in the Theatre |
Mario Peixoto | Man Sitting at the Cemetery |
Carmen Santos | Woman Eating a Fruit |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mario Peixoto | Producer |