DIARY, LETTERS, REVOLUTIONS
Director Flavia Castro
Countries Brazil
Duration 105 min
Synopsis
In DIARIO DE UMA BUSCA (Diary, letters, revolutions…), the director tells the story of her father, Brazilian activist Celso Afonso Gay de Castro, whose life was intertwined with the political struggles that shattered Latin America starting in the 1960s. His life was a combination of repeated exiles and political activism, from the enthusiasm and hope of his youth until the disillusion of his final years. He died tragically at age 41, in the apartment of an ex-Nazi on which he was perhaps investigating. A two-part film, which features a childhood lived in exile crossed by the father’s letters…
In DIARIO DE UMA BUSCA (Diary, letters, revolutions…), the director tells the story of her father, Brazilian activist Celso Afonso Gay de Castro, whose life was intertwined with the political struggles that shattered Latin America starting in the 1960s. His life was a combination of repeated exiles and political activism, from the enthusiasm and hope of his youth until the disillusion of his final years. He died tragically at age 41, in the apartment of an ex-Nazi on which he was perhaps investigating. A two-part film, which features a childhood lived in exile crossed by the father’s letters…