O Chalé é uma Ilha Batida de Vento e Chuva
Directed by Letícia Simões2018 1h 34mDocumentary
Brazilian Amazonian writer Dalcídio Jurandir was born in 1909 and died in 1979. He wrote 11 books, ten of them on the Island of Marajó and its inhabitants. His main character is named Alfredo. Dalcídio tells his story from his childhood in Cachoeira do Arari to the mishaps of adult life in Belém, culminating in his return to the island. In 1939, at the age of 30, fresh out of prison for protesting against the Brazilian dictatorship, Dalcídio accepted a job that no one wanted: to travel the world's largest "sea-river island", inspecting public schools. During this trip, he writes letters to his wife, Guiomarina, and to his nine-month-old son, Alfredo. In 2017, the filmmaker Letícia Simões travels to Marajó searching the characters of Dalcídio.