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Webzine September 2008 Issue  Bye bye Brazil  By Carlos Diegues
(Brazil, 1979)  Reviewed by Living Abroad Contributing Editor
Volker Poelzl  Bye Bye Brazil” is a masterpiece by Brazilian
director Carlos Diegues. Diegues started out as a director in
the 1960s and was part of the influential “Cinema Novo” (New
Cinema) movement, which brought new realism to Brazilian cinema
and focused on strong social and political messages. After the
military coup in 1964 Diegues spent several years in exile.
After his return to Brazil in the early 1970s he continued his
work creating movies covering less controversial subject matter.
Bye, bye Brazil (1979) is the most popular movie of that period,
during which Diegues also directed Xica da Silva (1976) and
Quilombo (1984)--both movies that deal with the topic of slavery
in Brazil. More recently, Diegues directed several
internationally successful movies such as Tiêta do