On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive and poetic images. Considered by many viewers the best Brazilian movie ever made, this feature has never been released commercially. However, in a great paradox, Mário Peixoto has never made any other movie. The director Sérgio Machado pays a great tribute to the life and work Mário Peixoto a.k.a. Maçarico by his close friends with this documentary, using his diary; footages of "Limite", the never concluded "Onde a Terra Acaba" (1933) and the short "O Homem do Morcego" (1980); and interesting testimonies of Olga Breno, Ruy Solberg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Walter Salles among others.
Una creación asombrosa, Limite es el único largometraje del director y autor brasileño Mário Peixoto, realizado cuando tenía solo 22 años. Inspirada en una inquietante fotografía de André Kertész en la portada de una revista francesa, esta obra maestra muda de vanguardia se centra en un hombre y dos mujeres perdidos en el mar, cuyo pasado se revela a través de flashbacks impulsados por la música de Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky. , y otros. Limite, uno de los primeros trabajos del cine sudamericano independiente, fue famosamente difícil de ver durante la mayor parte del siglo XX. Es un logro pionero que continúa cautivando con su poesía visual atemporal.
