Hoje É Dia de Maria explained

Alt Name:Today Is Maria's Day
Director:Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Story:Luís Alberto de Abreu
Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Country:Brazil
Language:Portuguese
Num Episodes:8

Hoje É Dia de Maria (English: Today Is Maria's Day) was a Brazilian miniseries directed and written by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, co-written by Luis Alberto de Abreu and Carlos Alberto Soffredini, basing themselves on a selection of stories taken from popular Brazilian oral storytelling tradition, collected by the writers Câmara Cascudo, Mário de Andrade and Sílvio Romero. It was produced in 8 episodes and exhibited in 2005 by Rede Globo.[1]

Compared with To the Left of the Father on account of its innovative television language, it caught the attention of critics and public by its novel, theatrical and playful language in transporting the universe of popular culture to a sophisticated television production, without losing its authenticity.[2] The critic Nilson Xavier considers it one of the most poetic, original and beautiful productions of recent years.[3] According to Jean-Philippe Tessé, in the French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, the mini-series was very ambitious and formally very well produced, following other noteworthy projects such as The Maias (Os Maias).[4] [5] [6]

Production

Art direction by Lia Renha, guest artist Raimundo Rodriguez, direction of photography by José Tadeu Ribeiro and costumes by Luciana Buarque. The 60 marionettes that represented the animals were produced by the Grupo Giramundo, from Minas Gerais state. The work marked the start of the partnership between the director and psychoanalyst Carlos Byington, as advisor on the mythological dramatization of the text. The mini-series was conceived under a 360º dome, scrap from a rock show stage. The sound track, by Tim Rescala, was based on cirandas (traditional dances) by Heitor Villa-Lobos, César Guerra-Peixe and Francisco Mignone. Designer Jum Nakao was responsible for some of the costumes, with animation of the stop-motion scenes by Cesar Coelho, founder of the Anima Mundi festival.[7]

Plot

This is a story filled with other stories. Hidden in our childhood memories, these stories still stay with us secretly, awaiting only the right moment to reappear. That's the substance of Maria's journey through the world, like a small Ulysses trying to get home to her parents.

Cast

Actor/ActressCharacter
Carolina Oliveira Maria
Maria (adult)
Amado
Osmar Prado Pai
Quirino
Emiliano Queiroz Asmodeu (old)
André Valli Asmodeu Mágico
Ricardo Blat Asmodeu Sátiro
Marco Ricca 1st Cangaceiro
Charles Fricks 1st Executive / Police Officer
Leandro Castilho 2nd Executive
Rodolfo Vaz Pato
Inês Peixoto Rosa
Mário César Camargo Seu Odorico
Ilya São Paulo 2nd Cangaceiro
Aramis Trindade 3rd Cangaceiro
Antônio Edson Asmodeu Brincante
Denise Assunção Mucama
João Sabiá Asmodeu Lindo
Nanego Lira Retirante
Thaynná Pina Joaninha (child)
Laura Lobo Menina Carvoeira
Phillipe Louis Ciganinho
Luiz Damasceno Asmodeu Poeta
Rafaella de Oliveira Joaninha
Artistas especialmente convidados
Ator/Atriz Personagem
Mother
Asmodeu
Zé Cangaia
Stepmother

Spin-off

A second season with 5 episodes titled Hoje É Dia de Maria: Segunda Jornada, was shown in the same year.[8] A musical version of the novel debuted in São Paulo in September 2016, but it is not approaching the television version that was exhibited in 2005.[9] [10]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultReference
2005Extra Award of TelevisionBest Child ActressCarolina Oliveira[11]
Emmy InternacionalBest Mini-SeriesLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Best Performance by an ActressCarolina Oliveira
Brazil Quality AwardBest DirectorLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Best especial project - Rio de JaneiroLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Best especial project - São PauloLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Best screenplay - Rio de JaneiroLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Luis Alberto de Abreu
Carlos Alberto Soffredini
Best screenplay - São PauloLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Luis Alberto de Abreu
Carlos Alberto Soffredini
Best Breakthrough Actress - Rio de JaneiroCarolina Oliveira
Best Supporting Actor - Rio de JaneiroOsmar Prado
2006ABC Best Photography AwardBest TV PhotographyJosé Tadeu Ribeiro[12]
Contigo! AwardBest Child ActressCarolina Oliveira
Best DirectorLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Best ActorRodrigo Santoro
Best ActressFernanda Montenegro
Best Breakthrough ActressCarolina Oliveira
Best ScreenplayLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Luis Alberto de Abreu
Carlos Alberto Soffredini
São Paulo Association of Art CriticsBest DirectorLuiz Fernando Carvalho[13]
Banff World Media FestivalHors ConcoursLuiz Fernando Carvalho
Input International Board TaipeiHors ConcoursLuiz Fernando Carvalho

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carvalho invoca a cultura popular em microssérie. Valmir Santos. Folha de S. Paulo. 9 January 2005. 17 April 2017. ""Diretor associa "Hoje É Dia de Maria" a uma busca pela identidade brasileira".
  2. Web site: Em Busca da nossa infância brasileira. Marília Martins. Revista OGlobo. 9 October 2005. 17 April 2017. As imagens de Hoje é Dia de Maria são raras. Tudo escapa ao padrão global: é ficção que tem coragem de se revelar como ficção, é uma TV que tem a ousadia de buscar nas origens do cinema a reinvenção da linguagem.
  3. Web site: Hoje é Dia de Maria. Nilson Xavier. Site Teledramaturgia . 12 April 2017.
  4. Book: Carvalho . Luiz Fernando. Abreu . Luis Alberto . Hoje é dia de Maria – Roteiros da 1a e 2a jornadas . Globo . 2006 . 9788525040985.
  5. C. P. . Guzzi. A recriação dos contos populares e a constituição da narradora arquetípica na minissérie Hoje é dia de Maria. Revista Literatura em Debate. 146–159 . 2005.
  6. C. P.. Guzzi. Riscando o molde: a função poética como modelo estruturante na transposição da minissérie Hoje é dia de Maria. Cadernos de Letras da UFF. 403. 2012. 2017-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015405/http://www.uff.br/cadernosdeletrasuff/44/dossie2. 2017-08-05. dead.
  7. Web site: Globo reexibe "Hoje é Dia de Maria". Gazeta do Povo. 28 May 2015. 3 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Nada é inocente na 2ª jornada de "Hoje É Dia de Maria". Folha de S. Paulo. 3 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Versão musical de 'Hoje é Dia de Maria' estreia em SP. O Estado de S. Paulo. 3 January 2017.
  10. Web site: Hoje é dia de Maria é lançada em DVD. O Fuxico. 12 December 2006. 2 April 2016.
  11. Web site: Atriz mirim de "Hoje é Dia de Maria" é indicada ao Emmy". Folha Online. 21 October 2005. 12 April 2017.
  12. Web site: Lista de Premiados do ABC Fotografia de 2006. 2017-06-21. 2017-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804215235/http://www.abcine.org.br/premio-abc/?id=41&/premio-abc-2006. dead.
  13. Web site: Prêmio APCA será entregue hoje no Municipal.