卡门 米兰达 (1969)

新浪潮纪录短片。关于20世纪巴西歌后卡门-米兰达的生平，1955年她46岁时因心脏病突发而去世。影片的主题意指是美国好来污等资本主义体系榨干了这位巴西传奇歌后的价值。

Genre Documentary

Director Jorge Ileli

Year 1969

Length 18 min

Color B & W

35mm gauge

Country Brazil

Short documentary about Carmen Miranda, with some of her songs, rare footage of the "lost" film "Banana-da-Terra" and scenes of her funeral, in 1955.

In 1909, Carmen Miranda was born in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal, and when she was two years old, her family moved to Brazil. In the end of the 20's, she became famous and in 1939, she moved to USA. In 05 August 1955, Carmen Miranda was 46 years old and had a fatal heart attack. Her body returned to Rio de Janeiro for her funeral.

Jorge Ileli shows highlights of the life and death of this successful artist in this documentary, together with some songs and rare footages of the movie "Banana da Terra", which is lost. This short exposes an anti-imperialist view of Carmen Miranda, informing that she was being explored by the system, using too many pills and working too much looking for dollars.