At the Edge of the Earth

Sérgio Machado
2002-07-07


7.143
74 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mário Peixoto Self (archive footage) Unowned
Carlos Diegues Self Unowned
Olga Breno Self Unowned
Ermami Jamuzzi Self Unowned
Nelson Pereira dos Santos Self Unowned
Carmen Santos Self (archive footage) Unowned
Alcídes da Rocha Miranda Self Unowned
Almerinda Rodrigues Self Unowned
Rui Solberg Self Unowned
Walter Salles Self Unowned
Matheus Nachtergaele Narrator (voice) Unowned