简介：In1926,thefamousthiefGinoMeneghetti(LuizRamalho)escapesfromthepolicerunningontheroofsofthehousesinSaoPaulo.InaccordancewiththeurbanlegendofSaoPaulo,inthe20'sGinoMeneghettiwasthemostfamousthiefofthismetropolis.Heusedtoescapefromthepolicerunningonthetopoftheroofs.TheactorLuizRamalhowasastunt,buthewasawardedinGramadoFestivalastheBestActorforhisperformanceinthisshortfilm.Thecinematographyisverybeautiful,andthefilmisspokeninItalian,sincemanyimmigrantsarrivedinSaoPaulointhebeginningiftheTwentiethCentury,butwithoutsubtitles. Awards BestActorinGramadoFestivalin1989 BestDirectorintheFestivalofRioBR1989 BestFilm-FestivaloftheBookinRioBR1989 BestFilm-JuryPeopleoftheRiverFestivalin1989BR BestPhotographyFestivalinRioBR1989 BestsoundtrackintheFestivalofRioBR1989 BestFilmFestivalinCuritibain1990 BetoBrant(b.1964,SaoPaulo)studiedfilmatFundacaoAmrandoAlvaresPenreadoinSaoPaulo.HisshortfilmsAurora(1987),WhereIsMeneghetti(1989,Dov'eMeneghetti)andEternity(1991,Eternidad)wonanumberofawardsatBrazilianfilmfestivals,andtheblack-and-whitefilmJob(1993)wontheprizeforBestShortFilmattheHavanaIFF.ThefeatureAmongFriends(1998,AcaoEntreAmigos)wonBestActorattheChicagoIFF,BestFilmattheFestivalofLatin-AmericanFilmsinProvidence(RhodeIsland,USA),andwasscreenedincompetitionattheVeniceIFFin1998andtheRotterdamIFFin1999.…