Vagalumes / Fireflies

The night side of a modernist icon. The fauna and flora of Roberto Burle Marx's gardens inhabited by visitors to Flamengo's Park while the city of Rio de Janeiro falls asleep. "Fireflies" is a fabulated ethnography of the night at Flamengo's Park.

Director: Léo Bittencourt

Year: 2021

Duration: 19 minutes

Category: Fiction Short

Language: Portuguese with English subtitles

The night side of a modernist icon. The fauna and flora of Roberto Burle Marx's gardens inhabited by visitors to Flamengo's Park while the city of Rio de Janeiro falls asleep.

"Fireflies" is a fabulated ethnography of the night at Flamengo's Park.

Trailer

Film Festival 2024 Venue - Basusree Cinema