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Director’s Vision
By Luiz Fernando Carvalho (2005)Cast Preparation
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By Tim Rescala
In the first phase of Hoje é Dia de Maria, the music, both incidental and sung, was composed based on references of Brazilian music, especially the work of Heitor Villa-Lobos. About two hours of music were created, which, added to the works of several Brazilian composers, both in the scope of popular music as well as classical or folk music, made up the soundtrack. In the second phase, accompanied by new adventures and misadventures of Maria, the musical universe was greatly expanded and singing began to play a major role. As in the genuinely theatrical songs of Brecht and Weill, the text sung, at times critically distanced from the action, others illustrating it, often took on the task of telling the story. The music then sought to follow new contours of the narrative, creating several sound universes, according to the characterization of the scenarios, the action and the characters.
It goes from medieval music to rock, always being theatrical and Brazilian and keeping properties that make it an integral part of the narrative meanwhile walking arm in arm with the text. To interpret musically the rich and complex thinking of director Luiz Fernando Carvalho was a real challenge. His creative process seems to have no beginning and no end in sight. The paths to creation are intriguing and endless, as is the very imagination of Maria, so rich and alluring. To sing the lyrics of Luiz Fernando Carvalho and Luís Alberto de Abreu was an immense pleasure, as was the work with the actors, whose willingness and passion were a further encouragement for the creative process.
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Critical Fortune
1, Oct — 2005
Globale Télé
- Caiers du Cinéma
“On doit à Luiz Fernando Carvalho le plus beau filme brésilien de ces dernières annés – A La Gauche du Père – mais l’essentiel de son oeuvre a été réalisée pour la télévision. Sa derinère série en date a connu un grand succès: Hoje é Dia de Maria. Très ambitieuse et très aboutie formellement, la série fait suite à dáutres projets d’envergure tels que Os Maias. Difficile d’imaginer parreille ambition artistique sur une télévision française.”
9, Oct — 2005
In Search of our Brazilian Childhood
- O Globo
“The images of Hoje é Dia de Maria are rare. Everything escapes the global standard: it is fiction that is brave enough to reveal itself as fiction, it is a TV product that dares to search in the early movies for language reinvention.”
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9, Oct — 2005
Master of Imagination
- Folha de S.Paulo
“One of the rare achievements that shows that when channels are willing to offer fine products, they appeal to a public that is lacking in good challenges.”
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13, Oct — 2005
Nothing is Randon on the Second Journey of Hoje é Dia de Maria
- Folha de S.Paulo
“Another pleasant surprise of this show that has already changed the history of Brazilian television: actress Inês Peixoto.”
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10, Oct — 2005
The Dream Never Ends
- Época
“Once upon a time there was a TV show that revolutionized television. Innovative in language, narrative, light, and color.”
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18, Jan — 2005
Miniseries Rhymes with Emotion and Content
- O Estado de S.Paulo
“The Hoje é Dia de Maria miniseries is so out of character with the usual TV programming that it leaves the critic even without parameters to compare it with other attractions of the genre.”
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Principais notícias
9, Jan — 2005
Carvalho Invokes Popular Culture in Micro-series
- Folha de S.Paulo
4, Sep — 2005
The Next Maria’s Day
- Folha de S.Paulo
“Part of the most amazing TV show in recent years comes out of the junk that is produced on Projac.”
Leia Mais7, 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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