O IMPÉRIO DO DESEJO
(The Empire of Desire)
dir. Carlos Reichenbach, 1980
Brazil. 110 mins.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 – 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 12 – 5 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 18 – 10 PM - Q&A With Filmmaker & Film Scholar Fabio Andrade
MONDAY APRIL 22- 10 PM

“I dedicate to Pierre Proudhon: All property is theft!”
– Carlos Reichenbach

“I’m the one who made this film, not Carlão. This film is mine!”
– Rogério Sganzerla

“He Became a poet, lost everything.”

Brazilian master Carlos Reichenbach’s anarchistic Pornochanchada is a bacchanalian expression of pure cinema, an ode to debauchery that blends elements of slasher, political manifesto, and slapstick comedy.

Juxtaposed against the vastness of the sea, “O IMPÉRIO DO DESEJO” follows Sandra, a widow who inherits a small beach house. She appoints a hippie couple to watch over it, much to the distress of conservative lawyer Carvalho and her cruel fiancé Odilon. Together, they become entangled in an erotic quest for freedom.

Special thanks to William Plotnick & Eugenio Puppo.