31 minutes
3/20/2003
At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the risk to her life, Lúcia, laconic, tells the doctor: 'Then open it'. This is the second time she has undergone bypass surgery. From this gesture, the documentary Abry was born (with y, sign of the unconscious, according to the nomenclature invented by his son, Glauber Rocha). To relate her memories, she invites filmmaker Joel Pizzini, who offers his mini camera as an instrument to amplify Lúcia's imagination. Abry is a poetic dive into Lúcia Rocha's fabulous universe, reconstructing her trajectory in Brazilian cinema through sounds, images and characters with whom she lived closely.
Lúcia Rocha
as Self
Pierre Verger
as Self
Glauber Rocha
as Self (archive footage)
Anecy Rocha
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Rocha
as (voice)
Jards Macalé
as (voice)
Raul Seixas
as (voice)
Naná Vasconcelos
as (voice)
Odete Lara
as (voice)
Hugo Carvana
as (voice)
Paloma Rocha
as (voice)
Helena Ignez
as Self
Ana Lúcia Rocha
as Self
Carlos Augusto Calil
as Self
Eryk Rocha
as Self
Hermes Leal
as Self
Lygia Fagundes Telles
as Self
Pedro Paulo Rocha
as Self
Ricardo Miranda
as Self
Hélène Rocha Veber
as Self
Sara Rocha
as Self