When The Marquees' Lights Go Out

Name: When The Marquees' Lights Go Out
Director: Renato Brandão
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2018-11-13
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Cast: José Moreira, Inimá Simões, Máximo Barro, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Carlos Augusto Calil

“The story of the Cinelândia Paulistana.”

2018

1h 26m

Documentary History

Director: Renato Brandão

Writer: Renato Brandão

Overview

Through archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, this documentary presents the story of the historical movie theaters located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as the Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, when there were more than 15 cinemas in full operation.