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Bodies in Landscape: The Scientist’s Presence in Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo and Ventos De Agosto

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This chapter examines the relationship between the characters’ bodies and the landscapes of the sertão (Brazilian backlands) and the sea in Karim Aïnouz and Marcelo Gomes’s Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo (I Travel because I Have to, I Come Back because I Love You, 2009) and Gabriel Mascaro’s Ventos de agosto (August Winds, 2014), respectively. It contends that, through the portrayal of the character of a scientist, the films are able to provide a material and embodied depiction of these spaces. The chapter further argues that the two films are part of a recent trend in contemporary Brazilian cinema concerned with a new cinematic experience of the spaces of the sertão and the sea.

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  1. Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, Brazil

    Mariana Cunha

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  1. University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

    Antônio Márcio da Silva

  2. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

    Mariana Cunha

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Cunha, M. (2017). Bodies in Landscape: The Scientist’s Presence in Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo and Ventos De Agosto . In: da Silva, A., Cunha, M. (eds) Space and Subjectivity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema. Screening Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48267-5_5

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