Widely acclaimed for his latest film, The Secret Agent, Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho will be in Bologna tomorrow for Il Cinema Ritrovato, where he will meet audiences ahead of the screening of his 2008 film Critic: the appointment is on Wednesday, 24 June, at 6:45 pm at Cinema Modernissimo.
Kleber Mendonça Filho will also appear at the new Arena Puccini (now located at the Hippodrome) on Thursday, 25 June, at 9:45 pm to present The Secret Agent.
In addition, on Monday, 29 June, at 9:45 pm in Piazza Maggiore, Il Cinema Ritrovato will present Bacurau (2019), directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. The filmmaker will introduce the screening via a video message.

Among tomorrow’s guests at Il Cinema Ritrovato, Wednesday 24 June, will also be Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux. At 12 noon in the DAMSLab Auditorium, he will join Cineteca di Bologna director Gian Luca Farinelli for a conversation titled The Return of Optimism.

Crítico brings together eight years of conversations between Kleber Mendonça Filho, film critics and filmmakers. “A total of 103 interviews were conducted, 79 of which made it into the film. In my life, the roles of filmmaker and critic overlapped; I did both for many years. Once I began pre-production on Neighbouring Sounds, it was no longer possible to balance my work as a critic with that of a director. I was extremely happy to be making that film. It gave me the energy I needed to say goodbye to criticism.
“At first, I didn’t miss it. But in September 2010, once the film was completed, I felt the absence. For thirteen years I had watched films and written about them every day. It was a dream come true for me. At the age of twelve, I already wanted to become a film critic. Those years were marked by intense conflicts, and that is precisely what I tried to document in the film. People tend to think that film criticism is not a dramatic profession; but every film belongs to someone, to a group of people, and therefore carries its own drama.”