EDIFÍCIO MASTER 『Master Building』 Documentary Long movie - Documentary Duration: 110min - Color Year: 2002 Director: Eduardo Coutinho Synopsis: For seven days, a cinema crew filmed the daily life of the residents of the Master, a building located in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, a block away from the beach. This is a 12-story building, with 23 studio apartments per floor, a total of 276 apartments where some 500 people live. Thirty-seven of those people tell their own stories: some are content, others, disillusioned, betrayed, hopeful, sincere, abandoned, happy, successful, serious, friendly, sad, unemployed, acclaimed, forgotten, talented, misfits, resentful, in love. Master, A Building in Copacabana is a film about stories, about lives. Program C      Back The Director Eduardo Coutinho is considered one of the most important documentary directors in Brasil. He studied cinema at the Institut de Hautes Études Cinematographiques (IDHEC) in Paris during the 50´s. He took part in several Cinema Novo productions and in 1964 started shooting Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (Twenty years later). The film was interrupted by the military coup. It was only completed in 1984 and is considered a landmark of Brazilian Cinema. He directed feature films (O Pacto, episode of ABC do Amor, 1966), O homem que comprou o mundo (1968) and Faustão (1970) and wrote scripts for Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, by Bruno Barreto, Os Condenados, by Zelito Viana, and Lição de Amor, by Eduardo Escorel. He also directed several documentaries for TV Globo (program Globo Reporter). Some of his documentaries are: Santa Marta, duas semanas no morro (1987), O fio da memória (1991), Boca do lixo (1994), Santo Forte (1999) e Babilônia 2000. Cast and Crew Director's Assistant: Cristiana Grumbach Producers: Beth Formagini Executive Producer: Maurício Andrade Ramos, João Moreira Salles Producer's Assistant: Mariana Seivalos Editor: Jordana Berg Sound Editor: Valéria Ferro Cinematography: Jacques Cheuiche Research: Consuelo Lins, Cristiana Grumbach, Daniel Coutinho, Eliska Altman, Geraldo Pereira Nominations & Awards Best Documentary Film Gramado Film Festival, 2002