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Light in Darkness
The Return of the Red Light Bandit
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A film by Helena Ignez
Directed by ÍCARO C . MARTINS and HELENA IGNEZ
Written by ROGÉRIO SGANZERLA
LIGHT IN DARKNESS
THE RETURN OF THE RED LIGHT BANDIT
NEY MATOGROSSO, ANDRÉ GUERREIRO LOPES, DJIN SGANZERLA, BRUNA LOMBARDI, MARIA LUISA MENDONÇA, SANDRA COVERLONI,
SIMONE SPOLADORE, ARRIGO BARNABÉ, SÉRGIO MAMBERTI, PAULO GOULART, MÁRIO BORTOLLOTO, JOSÉ MOJICA MARINS,
CACÁ CARVALHO, DUDA MAMBERTI, ARICLENES BARROSO Original Screenplay ROGÉRIO SGANZERLA
Adapted Screenplay HELENA IGNEZ Executive Producer SINAI SGANZERLA Production Coordinator DJIN SGANZERLA
A film by HELENA IGNEZ Director ÍCARO C . MARTINS and HELENA IGNEZ Conception and Ar tistic Control HELENA IGNEZ
Director of Photography JOSÉ ROBERTO ELIEZER Film Editor RODRIGO LIMA Set Design FÁBIO DELDUQUE
Costume Design SONIA USHIYAMA Soundtrack SINAI SGANZERLA RODRIGO LIMA HELENA IGNEZ and LÚCIO BRANCO
Light in Darkness continues the story of Red Light, a
legendary bandit from São Paulo, Brazil. The figure of
his son - the outlaw All or Nothing - is the thread that
runs through this political and existential narrative.
Worshipped by women, the cut-rate Don Juan commits
robbery in order to enjoy a wide variety of material
pleasures, following in his father's footsteps - “I had
the most beautiful women in the third world but I
never resorted to violence in order to steal jewels or
kisses”. Meanwhile, in his prison cell (while doing time
for robbery and forgotten by the system), the old Red
Light Bandit reflects on his own life while the nattilydressed, well-mannered All-or-Nothing sells his loot
in the port city of Santos, where he is a regular at the
“Enigma” nightclub. In investigative circles, everyone
is asking the same question: “Who is that man? Might
he be a mere copy of Red Light?” Rumors run wild, and
panic grips the third world megalopolis.
SYNOPSIS
A Film by Helena Ignez
Directed by: Ícaro C. Martins and Helena Ignez
Conception and Artistic Control: Helena Ignez
Original Screenplay: Rogério Sganzerla
Adapted Screenplay: Helena Ignez
Director of Photography: José Roberto Eliezer
Film Editor: Rodrigo Lima
Executive Producer: Sinai Sganzerla
Production Coordinator: Djin Sganzerla
Set Design: Fabio Delduque
Costume Design: Sonia Ushiyama
Soundtrack: Sinai Sganzerla, Rodrigo Lima,
Helena Ignez and Lúcio Branco
Production Company: Mercúrio Produções
Brazil, 83 min, 35mm, 2010
CREW
Ney Matogrosso
André Guerreiro Lopes
Djin Sganzerla
Maria Luisa Mendonça
Sandra Coverloni
Sérgio Mamberti
Simone Spoladore
Arrigo Barnabé
Mário Bortolotto
Ângela de Castro
Paulo Goulart
Cacá Carvalho
Bruna Lombardi
José Mojoca Marins
Helena Ignez
Thunderbird
Domingas Person
Red Light
All-or-Nothing
Jane
Lady of the Night
Mother
Baby Jr.
Baby Jr´s Girlfriend
Chief of Police
Jaguar´s Hand
Mother Curse
Prison Director
Prision´s Agent Evil Curse
Rich Woman
Silverio Silveira
Madame Zero
Octopus TV Reporter
Octopus TV Reporter
Introducing: Ariclenes Barroso
as Jorge Bronze
CASTING
Helena Ignez is a legendary figure on the Brazilian cultural
scene. A major player in several avant-garde movements, she
has been called the MUSE OF CINEMA NOVO. Her creative
partnership with Rogerio Sganzerla began in 1968, and she
acted in nearly all his films from O Bandido da Luz Vermelha
[The Red Light Bandit] until his final feature O Signo do Caos
[The Sign of Chaos]. Her career as a producer spans forty
years, and includes work in the legitimate theater as well as
in motion pictures. Among the many tributes she has been
accorded was a 25-film retrospective at the 20th edition of
the FRIBOURG FILM FESTIVAL (2006, Switzerland), which
included her first film O Pátio [The Patio] directed by Glauber
Rocha. On that same occasion, the CINE-INSTALLATION
“Electric Sganzerland”, directed by her, was exhibited at the
Centre D´Art Contemporain Kusthalle - Fri-Art.
helena
ignez
FILMOGRAPHY
Light in Darkness – The Return of the Red Light Bandit (2010) - Director
• 63º Locarno Film Festival - International Competition
Feature Films: Baal´s Song – Director (2008)
• IX Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - Brazil;
• 32º São Paulo International Film Festival- Brazil;
• Hommage in the 12º Festival de Cinema Luso – Brasileiro, Portugal;
• Festival de Tiradentes - Brazil;
• 4º Cineport, 2009 - Brazil;
• Marché Du Film - 62º Cannes Film Festival, 2009; Awards
• Best Film in the 37º Gramado Film Festival – Brazil, by the Critics Choice
• Award Anno Uno in the 8º Il Mille Occhi Film Festival - Trieste, Italy- 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest. Buenos Aires- April, 2010
Short Film: The Beauty Queen and the Dinosaur – Making -off Belair (2005) - Director
Best Director Award at the RECINE 2007 - International Movie File Film Festival.
• 23° Torino Film Festival, Italy- 2005;
• Mostra Cinema do Caos at CCBB do Rio de Janeiro –Brazil;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland 2006;
• 17º São Paulo International Short Film Festival (2006)
Short Film: Re-inventing the Street – a Reflection
Director and screenwriter ( 2003)
• Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista - Brazil
• Mercosul Film Festival
• Internacional Film Festival- Femina, 2005 - Brazil
• 23° Torino Film Festival, Italy, 2005
• 20º Fribourg Internacional Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006.
Rogério Sganzerla is one of Brazilian independent cinema’s foremost film
makers. His first feature [The Red Light Bandit (1968)] is celebrated as
one of the most revolutionary and innovative films of all time and has
been accorded world heritage status by UNESCO. In 1970, with director
Julio Bressane and Helena Ignez, Sganzerla co-founded the legendary
film production company Belair, which produced seven ground-breaking
motion pictures over a three-month period. Other Sganzerla films include
Abismu (1977) and his tetralogy on Orson Welles’ 1942 visit to Brazil,
which includes his last film [The Sign of Chaos]. Rogério Sganzerla died
in 2004. In 2003, he was awarded the Cultural Merit Medal by Brazilian
president Lula da Silva. In 2004 and 2005, the Torino Film Festival paid
tribute to Sganzerla with a complete retrospective of his work. His films
are currently being revived and accorded highly successful reception the
world over.
FILMOGRAPHY
2003 - O SIGNO DO CAOS (The Sign of Chaos)
2003 - INFORMAÇÃO KOELLREUTER (The Koellreuter Dossieer)
2001 – B2
1997 - TUDO É BRASIL (All is Brazil)
1993 - PERIGO NEGRO (BLACK PERIL)
ROGÉRIO
SGANZERLA
1991 - LINGUAGEM DE ORSON WELLES (The Language of Orson Welles)
1991 – ANÔNIMO E INCOMUM (Anonymous and Uncommon)
1991 – AMERICA – O GRANDE ACERTO DE VESPÚCIO (América – Vespucio’s Geat Discovery)
1990 - ISTO É NOEL (This is Noel Rosa)
1990 - A ALMA DO POVO VISTA PELO ARTISTA (Newton Cavalcanti: the people’s soul
through the artist’s eye)
1986 - NEM TUDO É VERDADE (It’s Not All True)
1981 - O PETRÓLEO NASCEU NA BAHIA (The Petroleum was Born in Bahia)
1981 - BRASIL (Brazil)
1981 - NOEL POR NOEL (Noel Rosa by Noel Rosa)
1977 - MUDANÇA DE HENDRIX (Hendrix Change)
1977 - UMBANDA NO BRASIL
1977 - ABISMU (The Abyss)
1976 - VIAGEM E DESCRIÇÃO DO RIO GUANABARA POR OCASIÃO DA FRANÇA ANTÁRTICA
(VILLEGAGNON) (Voyage And Description Of The Guanabara River At The Time Of France
Antarctic (Villegaignon)
1971 - FORA DO BARALHO
1970 - SEM ESSA, ARANHA (Give me a Break, Spider)
1970 - COPACABANA MON AMOUR (Copacabana mon amour)
1970 - CARNAVAL NA LAMA (Betty bomba, a exibicionista)
1969 - QUADRINHOS NO BRASIL
1969 - HQ
1968 - O BANDIDO DA LUZ VERMELHA (The Red Light Bandit )
1966 - DOCUMENTÁRIO (Documentary)
Founded by Rogério Sganzerla and Helena Ignez, Mercúrio Produções has overseen the complete
filmography of Brazilian filmmaker Rogerio Sganzerla, including over twenty films by the director.
It is also responsible for a diversity of artistic and cultural endeavors in theatre, literature and the
visual arts, as well as the full catalogue of more than thirty years of Ignez and Sganzerla’s work
in motion pictures.
FILMS
2010 - LUZ NAS TREVAS- A VOLTA DO BANDIDO DA LUZ VERMELHA
(Light in Darkness – The Return of the Red Light Bandit)
Director: Helena Ignez and Ícaro C. Martins
• 63º Locarno Film Festival - International Competition
2008 - CANÇÃO DE BAAL (Baal’s Song) – by B. Brecht - Director: Helena Ignez.
• IX Rio de Janeiro International l Film Festival - Brazil;
• 32º São Paulo International Film Festival- Brazil;
• Hommage in 12º Festival de Cinema Luso – Brasileiro - Portugal;
• Festival de Tiradentes - Brazil;
• 4º Cineport, 2009 - Brazil;
• Marché Du Film - 62º Cannes Film Festival, 2009;
• Best Film in 37º Gramado Film Festival – Brazil
• Award Anno Unno 8º Il Mille Occhi Film Festival-Trieste, Italy- 2009
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
MERCÚRIO
2003 - O SIGNO DO CAOS (The Sign of Chaos )
Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• Brasília Film Festival, 2003 – Awards: Best Director, and Best Editing.
• Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, 2003 – Special Prize to Rogério Sganzerla;
• 30º Gramado Film Festival, 2003 (hors-concours);
• 27ª Sao Paulo Internacional Film Festival, (hors-concours);
• Florianópolis Audiovisual do Mercosul 2004, homage to Rogério Sganzerla;
• Tiradentes Film Festival– MG 2004;
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• Festival de Cinema de Trieste, 2004, homage “I Mille Occhi”;
• Roma Internacional Film Festival, 2004;
• Tekfestival, Roma, 2005 - Rogério Sganzerla’s Homage;
• Procida Internacional Festival, Italy - “Il Vento del Cinema” 2005;
• 58º Locarno International Film Festival – 2005;
• Présence et Passé du Cinéma Brésilien, Paris, 2005;
• Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, 2006 – Award: Best Editing;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006;
• 9º Film Fest of Mar del Plata 2006;
• 9th Film Festival of Mar del Plata 2006;
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 15˚ International Film Festival de Cinema de Calcutá, Índia, 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010.
2003 - REINVENÇÃO DA RUA (Re-inventing the Street)
Director: Helena Ignez
• Mostra Audiovisual Paulista, 2004;
• Festival de Cinema e Vídeo do Mercosul, 2004;
• InternaciwFestival, Switzerland, 2006.
1997 - TUDO É BRASIL (All is Brazil)
Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• Brasilia Film Festival, 1998 – Awards: Best Editing, Critics Awards, and Historic Research,
• Awards: Best Editing – Sao Paulo State Association of Critics (APCA), 1998;
• Marche du Film – Cannes, 1998;
• Special guest at the Orson Welles Conference – München, Germany.
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005.
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2005 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla.
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
1993 - PERIGO NEGRO (Black Peril)- Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• Taormina Film Festival, Italy 1998;
• 23° Torino Film Festival, 2005 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• LA Film Festival, 2005;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006;
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
1991 - LINGUAGEM DE ORSON WELLES (The Language of Orson Welles) - Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• Locarno Film Festival,1993 – Special Category;
• Special guest at the Orson Welles Conference – München, Germany;
• 58° Locarno Film Festival, 2005;
• 23° Torino Film Festival, 2005 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• 20º Fribourg International Film festival, Switzerland, 2006.
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
1990 - ISTO É NOEL (This is Noel Rosa) - Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• Exhibited at Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paune, Paris, 1993;
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 20º Fribourg International Film festival, Switzerland, 2006.
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 15˚ Festival Internacional de Cinema de Calcutá, Índia, 2009
1986 - NEM TUDO É VERDADE (It’s Not All True)
Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• 14º Gramado Film Festival, 1987 – Awards: Best Sound Track and Best Editing
• Caxambu Film Festival,1986 – Award: Best Film
• Critics Awards,1986;
• Special guest at the Orson Welles Conference – München, Germany;
• Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, 1985 - Abraci Prize;
• Chicago International Film Festival, 1986;
• Berlin International Film Festival,
• Seattle International Film Festival, 1987;
• Melbourne Film Festival,1987;
• TF-1 de Paris, 1985;
• Exhibited in BBC TV (London),1986;
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• 23° Torino Film Festival, 2005 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 20º Fribourg International Filmfestival, Switzerland, 2006.
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
1981 - BRASIL (Brazil )
Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• III DLA Film Festival – London, 2004;
• Film Museum Festival Internacional, Austria 2005;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005.
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
1977 - ABISMU (The Abyss) - Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• Roma Film Festival, 2004;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006.
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 8º Il Mille Occhi Film Festival-Trieste, Italy- 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
1970 - SEM ESSA, ARANHA (Give me a Break, Spider) - Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• Taormina Film Festival, Italy, 1998;
• Torino Film Festival, 2005;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006;
• 8º Il Mille Occhi Film Festival-Trieste, Italy- 2009
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010.
1970 - COPACABANA MON AMOUR , Director: Rogério Sganzerla
• 22° Torino Film Festival –Italy, 2004;
• Tekfestival – Roma, 2005 - Rogério Sganzerla’s Homage;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 23° Torino Film Festival, Italy, 2005;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006;
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
• 28˚ Filmfest Muenchen, Munich, Germany - July, 2010
1969 - A MULHER DE TODOS (The Woman of Everyone) – Director: Rogério Sganzerla.
• IV Brasília Film Festival, 1969 – Awards: Best Editing, Actress;
• I Festival do Norte do Cinema Brasileiro – Awards: Best Film;
• Sao Carlos Film Festival - Awards: Best Film;
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• Tekfestival – Roma, 2005 - Rogério Sganzerla’s Homage;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006.
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 15˚ Festival Internacional de Cinema de Calcutá, Índia, 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
1968 - O BANDIDO DA LUZ VERMELHA (The Red Light Bandit ) - Director: Rogério Sganzerla.
• III Brasília Film Festival,1968 – Awards: Best Film, Director, Editing,Photography, and Dialogues;
• Prize of Sao Paulo State, Special Category;
• INC Award (National Institute of Cinema) and Roquete Pinto’s Award;
• Taormina Film Festival, Italy, 1998;
• Exhibited at MoMa – New York, 1999;
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla;
• III DLA Film Festival – London, 2004;
• 22°Festival de Cinema de Turim, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla
• 16° Festival Internacional de Bobigni, Paris, 2005;
• Tekfestival – Roma, 2005 - Rogério Sganzerla’s Homage;
• “Cinema do Caos” at CCBB-Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• Festival Internacional Film Museum – Áustria, 2005;
• Barbican Center, Londres, 2006;
• 20º Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2006;
• 15˚ Festival International de Cinema de Calcutá, Índia, 2009;
• 24º Latino Americano Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2009;
• 12 º BAFICI- International Film Fest Buenos Aires- April, 2010
1966 - DOCUMENTÁRIO (Documentary) – Direction: Rogério Sganzerla
• Best Documentary Award– Trip to Cannes;
• Mostra Cinema do Caos CCBB - Rio de Janeiro, 2005;
• 22° Torino Film Festival, 2004 – Tribute to Rogério Sganzerla.
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Mercurio Produções Ltda.
Rua Nestor Pestana, 87 – cj. 101
CEP 01303-010 – São Paulo –SP -Brazil
Phone/fax: 55 11 3256-8676 55 11 3129-5745
Email: [email protected]