Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Lula...


Lula on Screen: Brazil's President as Superhero

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The actor Rui Ricardo Dias plays President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Fábio Barreto's film Lula, Son of Brazil
Ot[a {a}]vio de Souza

The Brazilian officials organizing the film premiere of Lula, Son of Brazil probably weren't thinking of the biopic's subject when they chose the music to be played before the curtain went up. But the subliminal connection with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was hard to ignore: "You're the One That I Want," "I Will Always Love You," the theme to the James Bond andRocky flicks and then, almost inevitably, just moments before the film began, the uplifting bars of Superman.
It's been that kind of a year for Lula; even in the middle of the


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1950540,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily#ixzz0bB6Zsh8o

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