Memories of the Sítio

Name: Memories of the Sítio
Director: João Pedro Lefèvre
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024
Rating: 10
Cast: Antonio Silvio Lefèvre, David José, Patrícia Mayo, Sérgio Rosemberg, Elmo Francfort

10/10

2024

0h 30m

Documentary

Overview

In 1952, TV Tupi, Brazil's first television channel, invited psychiatrist Júlio Gouveia and his wife, Russian writer Tatiana Belinky, to develop the network’s children's programming. The couple then asked the sons and daughters of their friends to join the cast of the newly created shows, the most prominent of which was Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. And so, Antonio Silvio, Lia, Lídia, Sérgio, and David José embarked on an unexpected journey that would come to shape the future of Brazilian television. Memories of the Sítio is a trip through the personal recollections of these actors and the story of the first television adaptation of Monteiro Lobato’s work.