Hot air balloons the size of blocks of houses, colourfully illustrated with saints or motifs from pop culture, float through Brazil’s skies. Illegally. They are created by “baloeiros” from the favelas, some of whom work on their creations for years, always pursued by the police or threatened by rival groups who could turn them in. Danish filmmaker Sissel Morell Dargis has succeeded in immersing herself in this underground world. Her documentary action film celebrates the desire for spectacle and the hunt for fame.
Director
Sissel Morell Dargis
Producers
Jesper Jack, Marie Schmidt Olesen
Editing
Biel Andrés, Rikke Selin Als, Isabela Monteiro de Castro, Steen Johannessen
Music
Aquiles Ghirelli, O Novisissimo Edgar
Sound
Carlos E. Garcia
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