Caramuru, a invenção do Brasil: rupturas com a História

Resumo (EN)

Why is it reserved for TV and cinema to portray, by means of images, the experiences of History? How does the transmutation of a historical fact into the sphere of fiction occur? What is the importance of cinema in transforming a tragedy into a production that reconfigures the sense of cultural and social formation of Brazil into something grotesque and, on top of this, portrays it as a romantic comedy? When making a movie on the basis of historical facts, do the images elevate the historical facts occurred or is there an inversion of context that can be considered intentional? The questions that led to this research arouse from the film Caramurn, a invenção do Brasil (Caramuru, the invention of Brazil), by Guel Arraes and Jorge Furtado, released nationwide in 2001 by Globo Filmes. The central objective of the production was the festivity of 500 years of the Discovery of Brazil. However, when we analyzed the distorted and bizarre form with which the authors treated the legend of Caramurn and Paraguaçu, we found it relevant to carry out a study that addresses this phenomenon from a cultural point of view, since it is a narrative that is incorporated and integrated with the national symbolic imaginary. Therefore, we have analyzed the narrative of the movie and carried out a vast bibliographic research in order to understand the authors' version, hoping to find there the answers for our quests, from the point of view of communication, sociology, culture and the technical ways of mass cultural production, or rather, products for TV and cinema.