Rica Saito

Movies

Battle
Director
A tragicomic illustration of the absurdity of contemporary politics, brought into painfully sharp focus in a single unplanned shot. An interview on the second round of the Brazilian general elections ends up unveiling all the anger, prejudice and incommunicability in a portrait of a fissured society. Are we still listening to each other?
A Treat of Coutinho
Additional Camera
Would have one of the masters of Brazilian cinema always made the same film? From an encounter with documentarian Eduardo Coutinho recorded in 2012 and a vast amount of archive footage, this film offers a general look at Coutinho's work and testifies how the filmmaker’s thinking still stand the test of time to this day and age.
A Treat of Coutinho
Sound Recordist
Would have one of the masters of Brazilian cinema always made the same film? From an encounter with documentarian Eduardo Coutinho recorded in 2012 and a vast amount of archive footage, this film offers a general look at Coutinho's work and testifies how the filmmaker’s thinking still stand the test of time to this day and age.
Procura-se
Director
Rescue of the work and the image of Mario Rocha, pop musician from the time of tropicalists. Owner of a visceral work, his compositions disclosed in alternative circuits through "happenings" on the street largely filmed in super 8 by his friend Hélvio Bastos. The artist is remembered by the critic Carlos Callado, the singer, Wanderléa - who guards his very rare unique album, "The Lates' -, friends and family. His originality inspired the creation of a living museum and a fan club, made up of many young people who discuss the importance of this legendary musician.