Leonardo Bastião, The Illiterate Poet
22m
Running Time

Plot.
In Itapetim’s countryside, deep inside Sertão do Pajeú in the Pernambuco backlands lives Leonardo Bastião in a rammed earth housing, a poet who, even without knowing how to read or write, built through his improvised metrical poetry and his relationship with the local environment an overwhelming cultural universe. After a lifetime of anonymity, videos of Leonardo declaiming authorial verses surfaced online and reached millions of views and even gave birth to a book transcribed by fans. In 2019, at the age of 74, the illiterate poet reflects on life, nature and homesickness, while scholars of popular culture try to explain the media and linguistic phenomenon that is his life and work.
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Cast & Crew.

Leonardo Bastião
Self

Bernardo Ferreira
Self / Co-Producer

Marcos Nunes
Self

Saulo Passos
Self

Zé Adalberto
Self

Jefferson Sousa
Director / Writer

Vitor Ribeiro
Original Music Composer

José Robernito
Co-Producer / Director of Photography

Thiago Barros
Sound Editor / Editor
Details.
Original NameLeonardo Bastião, O Poeta Analfabeto
StatusReleased
Running Time22m
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