Hora do recreio

Playtime

Generation 14plus 2025

Taking both a documentary and a fictional approach, Hora do recreio addresses the issue of education in Brazil. School students talk about problems that are affecting them, including violence, racism and femicide, and re-enact situations they experienced during police operations in the favelas. At another school, the students are working on a dramatic adaptation of the novel “Clara dos Anjos” by Lima Barreto, which was written at the beginning of the 20th century and portrays the abuse of a destitute Black girl. Referring to the text, the pupils compare the story with their own experiences and the problems they are encountering in society today. The starting point for this project was a survey among teachers working in public education. The film was then shot in schools that are representative of different neighbourhoods and communities in Rio de Janeiro. The documentary part was developed from classroom debates; events encountered during the filming, such as a police operation, were also included.

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by Lucia Murat (Director, Screenplay) Brazil 2025 Portuguese 83' Colour World premiere | Documentary form recommendation: 14 years and up

Crew

Director	Lucia Murat
Screenplay	Lucia Murat
Cinematography	Bacco Andrade
Editing	Mair Tavares, Marih OLiveira
Music	Bernardo Uzeda
Sound Design	Heron Alencar, Mino Alencar, Bernardo Uzeda
Casting	Luciana Bezerra
Producer	Lucia Murat
Executive Producer	Julia Levy

Produced by

Taiga Filmes

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Lucia Murat

The Brazilian filmmaker has to date produced over 20 feature films and directed 15. His work has won awards at film festivals including Rio de Janeiro, Mar del Plata, Moscow and Montevideo. His film Sweet Power screened in the 1997 Berlinale Forum while Another Love Story was presented in the 2008 Panorama.

Filmography

1989 Que bom te ver viva (How Nice to See You Alive); documentary 1995 Doces poderes (Sweet Powers) 2000 Brava gente brasileira (Brave New Land) 2004 Quase dois irmãos (Almost Brothers) 2005 O olhar estrangeiro (The Foreing Eye); documentary 2007 Maré, nossa história de amor (Another Love Story) 2010 Uma longa viagem (A Long Journey); documentary 2013 A memória que me contam (Memories They Told Me) 2015 A nação que não esperou por deus (The Nation That Didn’t Wait for God); documentary 2017 Em três atos (In Three Acts – Anatomy of Age) 2018 Praça Paris (Paris Square) 2021 Ana.sem título (Ana.Untitled); documentary 2023 O mensageiro (The Messenger) 2025 Hora do recreio (Playtime)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025