Belo Horizonte (1949)

★★★★ · Filme Belo Horizonte 1949 · Pedro Luiz · 2009-07-24

Muito Bom! Uma oportunidade Histórica e Cultural Pedro Luiz - BH - MG - Brasil

★★★ · Belo Horizonte · Christine Hennig · 2003-07-25

This film is a midcentury portrait of Belo Horizonte, Brazil's "planned city with a plan" (wonder if there's any planning involved?). It's not so much about the planning of the city as it is a promotional travelogue about how great the city is, with a heavy focus on the minerals produced in the area. Of course, all of the great things about the city are supposed to be a result of its planning, which controls everything, right down to the schools, churches, recreational facilities, social service agencies, and prisons. By the time they get to the prisons, the "planning" starts to seem a little…