A estética realista dos filmes sobre favela no Brasil (2002-2010)

Abstract

This work has as objective the analysis of five contemporary Brazilian cinema films that deal with slum: Cidade de Deus (Fernando Meirelles, 2002), Linha de Passe (Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, 2008), Sonhos Roubados (Sandra Werneck, 2009), Tropa de Elite (José Padilha, 2007) and Tropa de Elite II (José Padilha, 2010). Taking as its central axis aesthetics realistic of films about slums in Brazil, based on the methodology of film analysis, we performed a short review of some theories of culture, communication and background of the field of contemporary Brazilian cinema. In addition, a dialogic proposal was developed with the Social Psychology and the possibilities of dialogues with Brazilian cinema. The focus was in problematize as production conditions, representations and appropriations reception articulate the various discursive and non-discursive practices and are associated with the representation of the notion of identity categories such as violence, public safety, family, youth and consumption. The results of this qualitative analysis revolved around issues of socio-economic order, while featuring the slum area of (im)possibilities and above all have their residents as characters who have a stereotype than it is to live in the slum, giving visibility in relations settling in these territories.