Lúcio Flávio by Hector Babenco

PostED ON 21.10.2022

Lúcio Flávio, l’ennemi public n°1, 1977 © DR

Genre cinema has always been ideal for denouncing and entertaining political misdeeds, capturing the attention of the viewer without his or her realizing it. Brazilian Hector Babenco understood this very well when he directed the complex ‘Lúcio Flávio’. The title character of the movie is a young, lively gangster who doesn't let himself be bought or scared. These qualities are not easy to maintain in a corrupt Brazil, under a dictatorship, where the police are far more dangerous than the outlaws. Babenco works with great intensity and tension on the various situations that shake up Brazilian society. To do so through the prism of a free and violent spirit like ‘Lúcio Flávio’ is all the more original.

Genre cinema has always been ideal for denouncing and entertaining political misdeeds, capturing the attention of the viewer without his or her realizing it. Brazilian Hector Babenco understood this very well when he directed the complex ‘Lúcio Flávio’. The title character of the movie is a young, lively gangster who doesn't let himself be bought or scared. These qualities are not easy to maintain in a corrupt Brazil, under a dictatorship, where the police are far more dangerous than the outlaws. Babenco works with great intensity and tension on the various situations that shake up Brazilian society. To do so through the prism of a free and violent spirit like ‘Lúcio Flávio’ is all the more original.

Virginie Apiou

Screenings:

Lúcio Flávio by Hector Babenco (Lúcio Flávio o passageiro da agonia, 1977, 1h24)

Pathé Bellecour Fri. 21 5pm