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Vidigal Olympus
22 min. | Portuguese | Brazil, 2016
CO-PRODUCTION WITH CASA DE CINEMA DE PORTO ALEGRE
Luiz Fernando Rodrigues da Silva, resident at Vidigal's favela, is a boxer and a strong candidate to represent Brazil in Tokyo's Olympic Games in 2020. Without any official support, the Vidigal community was able to classify two fighters in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio: Michel Borges and Patrick Lourenço. All three started in the same boxing gymnasium in the community, Institute Todos na Luta.
Every hero's aim is to reach the Olympus.
CREW
Directors: José Joffily and Isabel Joffily
Producer: Samuel Lobo
Cinematographer: Pedro Rossi
Editor: Fernando Vidor
Co-production: Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre.
TV Partner: SportTV
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