15, Nov — 2004

A Filmmaker in Childhood Country

  • Daniel Piza
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

Fernanda Montenegro: “Luiz Fernando Carvalho is a pure artist, an obstinate. The team is very good and gives all to him because he trusts his talent, his level of demand.”

5, Dec — 2004

It Looks Like Painting

  • Helena Corrêa
  • O Globo

Luiz Fernando Carvalho: “I never lie to the public. I am proposing a game with the imagination to viewers.”

22, Dec — 2004

Once Upon a Time in Brazil

  • Rodrigo Fonseca
  • Jornal do Brasil

“It was in the borrowed structure of Rock City that he (Luiz Fernando Carvalho) rebuilt an allegorical version of his country, assembled from the narratives of his people.”

9, Jan — 2005

Carvalho Invokes Popular Culture in Micro-series

  • Valmir Santos
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“Director associates Hoje é Dia de Maria with a search for Brazilian identity.”

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8, Jan — 2005

Fernanda’s Stories

  • Amélia Gonzales
  • O Globo

Fernanda Montenegro: “He (Luiz Fernando Carvalho) sought out various groups of puppet theater, folk dance. We had a lot of work, but I’m sure the result is great.”

9, Jan — 2005

On the Wings of Magic

  • Elena Corrêa
  • O Globo

“The micro-series featured visual artist Raimundo Rodriguez and professionals from various artistic segments with the Giramundo puppet theater group, fashion designer Jun Nakao, and animator César Coelho, one of the directors of the Anima Mundi festival.”

19, Dec — 2004

Luiz Fernando Carvalho Forays Into Fantasy

  • Folha de S.Paulo

“The artisanal and procedural character of theater also seems to leak into Carvalho’s mode of production.”

4, Sep — 2005

The Next Maria’s Day

  • Daniel Castro
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“Part of the most amazing TV show in recent years comes out of the junk that is produced on Projac.”

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11, Jan — 2005

Globo TV Miniseries Use Paper for Clothing and Scrap for Props

  • James Cimino
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“In one of the scenes, referred to as ‘paper men,’ the clothes are made exactly of that material. The creative knight, stylist Jum Nakao, stood out over the latest edition of São Paulo Fashion Week with his avant-garde fashion show in which models dressed in various types of paper.”

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Gero Camilo Forays Into TV Miniseries

  • Thiago Stivaletti
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“This year Camilo has gone far from the movie sets, but started a few weeks ago his first big television experience. And at the hands of a proponent of aesthetic quality on TV, director Luiz Fernando Carvalho.”

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7, Oct — 2005

Hoje é Dia de Maria Has Exhibit in São Paulo

  • Folha de S.Paulo

“The República do Metrô station, in São Paulo, hosts a show with part of the scenery, as well as photos and costumes from the second season of the Hoje é Dia de Maria series.”

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9, Oct — 2005

Maria’s Journey

  • O Globo

“Leticia, like the others involved in the micro-series, holds out the hope that such an innovative project, designed and executed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, will pave the way for others.”

2, Sep — 2005

Sad Fringes of the Sea

  • Teresa Albuquerque
  • Correio Brasiliense

“Hoje é Dia de Maria is a project longer than ten years by Luiz Fernando Carvalho.”