Santiago
Director João Moreira Salles
Countries Brazil
Duration 80 min
Synopsis
Santiago” is a documentary about the failure of a film. It was shot in 1992, but the director could not edit it at the time. In 2005 the director returned to the footage, in search of a reason for his false start. Santiago had served as butler in the house where he grew up and was a man of vast culture and a prodigious memory, whose idiosyncrasies left a profound mark on the family’s memories. Reflecting on the past time, the narrator closes in on the film’s secret. “Santiago” is a film on identity, memory, and the very nature of documentary.
Santiago” is a documentary about the failure of a film. It was shot in 1992, but the director could not edit it at the time. In 2005 the director returned to the footage, in search of a reason for his false start. Santiago had served as butler in the house where he grew up and was a man of vast culture and a prodigious memory, whose idiosyncrasies left a profound mark on the family’s memories. Reflecting on the past time, the narrator closes in on the film’s secret. “Santiago” is a film on identity, memory, and the very nature of documentary.