Narcissus Off Duty

Co-presented with Brasil SummerFest 

Dir. Ricardo Calil, Renato Terra. 2020, 84 mins. Brazil. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Acclaimed at film festivals from Venice to IDFA to Sheffield, Narcissus Off Duty is a gripping documentary about Grammy-winning Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso and his incarceration at the hands of his country’s dictatorship. One December morning in 1968, the police knocked on Veloso’s door, arrested him without charge, and took him to a converted army barracks for allegedly singing the National Anthem to the melody of his popular song “Tropicalia.” What he thought would be one night in jail lasted nearly two months. More than 50 years later, Veloso shares this dark chapter of his life, captured in uninterrupted direct address. Produced by renowned filmmaker Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries), Narcissus Off Duty gives Veloso the space to narrate his own story. 

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