A Film to Remind Us of Utopia (2026)

Um Filme para Lembrar da Utopia

In Esdras Baptista's film archives, kept at his home for decades, one can feel the fervor of those who believed in a new tomorrow. Filmed in Brazil in the early 1960s, in the heat of a libertarian political movement, the filmmaker's images materialize the incandescence of collective desires at the historic moment of their emergence. Utopia, though unattainable, is never a mere abstraction. A force that mobilizes actions and feelings, it constitutes the impetus necessary for human existence.

Date of release

2026-06-27

Runtime

20m

Director

Reinaldo Cardenuto

Casting

• João Luiz Vieira — Narrator
• Francisco Julião — Self (archive footage)
• Rafael de Carvalho — Self (archive footage)
• Helena Ignez — Self (archive footage)
• Oduvaldo Vianna Filho — Self (archive footage)
• Joel Barcellos — Self (archive footage)
• Jorge Coutinho — Self (archive footage)
• Armando Costa — Self (archive footage)
• João Goulart — Self (archive footage)
• Tancredo Neves — Self (archive footage)
• Esdras Baptista — Self (archive footage)

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