Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City (Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova) 56 years old

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)

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Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City Cast

Name	Character
Ferreira Gullar He was 37, 86 years old when he died	as Narrator
Joel Barcellos He was 31, 76 years old when he died
Jean-Claude Bernardet He was 31, now 87 years old

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City Crew

Name	Department
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade as Director. He was 35 (56) years old when He died	Directing
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade as Writer. He was 35 (56) years old when He died	Writing
Joel Barcellos as Production Director. He was 31 (76) years old when He died	Production
Jean-Claude Bernardet as Assistant Director. He was 31 (now 87) years old	Directing
Jean-Claude Bernardet as Writer. He was 31 (now 87) years old	Writing