The Other Rio

2017 Canadian film
The Other Rio
Film poster
FrenchL'Autre Rio
Directed byÉmilie B. Guérette
Written byÉmilie B. Guérette
Produced byFanny Drew
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Sarah Mannering
CinematographyÉtienne Roussy
Edited byNatacha Dufaux
Music byPaulo Bottas
Production
company
Colonelle Films
Release date
  • November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15) (MIDF)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada

The Other Rio (French: L'Autre Rio) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Émilie B. Guérette and released in 2017.[1] Set against the backdrop of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the film profiles a community of squatters living in poverty who are left out of the public image the city is trying to cultivate on the international stage.[2]

The film premiered in 2017 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.[1]

In 2019, Étienne Roussy received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "L’autre Rio : La face cachée de Rio de Janeiro". L'Initiative, November 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "L'Autre Rio". Le Devoir, October 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.

External links

  • The Other Rio at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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