A Luta Vive

Overview

São Paulo, July 1917. During the lead-up to the city’s first major labor strike, workers protesting outside a factory in the Brás neighborhood are attacked by the police, resulting in the death of a young Spanish shoemaker named José Martinez. The film depicts Martinez’s funeral—which takes place on a desolate working-class street—in a dreamlike, oneiric fashion. At some point during the funeral procession, Martinez’s specter awakens and wanders through the ruins of old workers' housing, eventually arriving—by way of a rift in time—in the year 2017.

Cast

Francis Vogner dos Reis

Carolina Berger

Jennifer Glass

Juan Manuel Tellategui

Cecília Lazaneo

Joviniano Borges da Cunha

Carlos Avelino

Sheila Schvarzman

Priscyla Bettim

Mariana Poli