Gonzaguinha is focused on as a political and libertarian being in a documentary driven by the artist's ideology

Gonzaguinha (1945 – 1991) has the thoughts portrayed in the film by filmmaker Susanna Lira Disclosure ? MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY CRITICISM Title: Gonzaguinha – Of greater freedom Director: Susanna Lira Screenplay: Rodrigo Alzuguir Rating: ? ? ? ? ? When, to the sound of the samba “É” (1988), As the final credits of “Gonzaguinha – Of greater freedom” roll, a documentary by Susanna Lira presented at the 54th edition of the Gramado Film Festival last night, August 20th, it is difficult to contain the emotion and admiration for Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Júnior (September 22, 1945 – April 29, 1991), a Brazilian citizen, a carioca born and raised in Morro do São Carlos, in Estácio, barn of wobbly. There, in that final moment, the film makes it clear that the kid who “was always running from the police with the ball under his arm”, as he describes himself in a speech at the beginning of the script, became a man consistent with the principles he defended in music and in life. Scheduled to have debuted at the In-Edit Brasil festival, but actually presented at the Gramado Festival, two weeks before its release in theaters on September 3, “Gonzaguinha – Of greater freedom” is a documentary that is nourished by the ideology of the singer, composer and musician who raised his voice against the dictatorship. In the film, director Susanna Lira gives voice almost exclusively to Gonzaguinha, making exceptions for the artist's foster mother, Leopoldina de Castro Xavier, Dona Dina, and for Luiz Gonzaga (1912 - 1989), the biological father, with whom Gonzaguinha clashed throughout his life, but with whom he found harmony, respecting the ideological differences between father and son, at the end of that life that ended abruptly 35 years ago in a car accident. car on Paraná road. Without worrying about sprinkling biographical information and data on Gonzaguinha's artistic career, Lira follows a script – signed by Rodrigo Alzuguir – in which the artist's thoughts are the raw material, the guiding thread, the fuel that transports the viewer to a time of struggle. Between reproductions of songs, images and speeches by the singer, the filmmaker stages an interview given by Gonzaguinha to the newspaper “O pasquim” in May 1981, at the height of its popularity, a time when it was recorded daily by the greatest singers in Brazil. In the interview, Gonzaguinha is convincingly personified by actor André Dale. However, the resource even sounds unnecessary because the densest lines are heard in the film in the voice of Gonzaguinha himself. The take in which he talks with (un)contained emotion about his biological mother – Odaléa Guedes dos Santos (May 29, 1927 – June 17, 1950), who died at the age of 23, victim of tuberculosis (a disease also faced twice by Gonzaguinha) – says a lot about the turmoil that shook the soul of an untamed, restless and sometimes aggressive artist in defending his ideas. Yes, Gonzaguinha's life was full of sound and fury. Ítalo Rocha's editing contributes to giving density to the film. “Gonzaguinha – Of greater freedom” captures the tension of the repressive time in which Gonzaguinha was born and grew up as an artist. “If you scream at me, I won’t shut up / If you tell me to shut up, the more I’ll talk”, warned the singer through the verses of “Recado” (1978), a song present in the script through the reproduction of a show number made by Gonzaguinha in 1979. By the way, the documentary “Gonzaguinha – Da Maior Liberdade” is justified and sustained because Gonzaguinha’s lines are corroborated by the lyrics of songs such as “Little memory for a time without memory” (1980), a kind of Gonzaguinha's requiem for the legion of those forgotten in the fight against the 1964 dictatorship. Finally, citizen Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Júnior was consistent with the libertarian ideology of the singer Gonzaguinha's music. That’s why the film “Gonzaguinha – Of greater freedom” becomes magnified when the credits roll to the sound of the samba “É”. Susanna Lira's documentary is also a small memory for a time without memory. Poster for the documentary 'Gonzaguinha – Of greater freedom', by Susanna Lira Disclosure