In the Intense Now

In the Intense Now (2017)

No Intenso Agora

A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring.

Date of release
2017-11-09
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (17)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Documentary
Director
João Moreira Salles

Casting

Interesting facts

In the Intense Now is a 2017 Brazilian documentary film directed and narrated by João Moreira Salles. The film explores the political and emotional climate of the 1960s, focusing on the events of May 1968 in France, the military coup in Brazil (1964), the Cultural Revolution in China, and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968). Combining archival footage with personal narration, Salles reflects on the transient nature of revolutionary fervor and the contrast between public history and private memory. The documentary premiered at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival.

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