DENTRO DAS CAIXAS CHINESAS: A MISE-EN-SCÈNE DE WILSON BARROS E A REPRESENTAÇÃO DE IDENTIDADES DISSIDENTES NO FILME ANJOS DA NOITE (1987)

Abstract

The present research examines the film Anjos da Noite (1987) by Wilson Barros, the director’s sole feature film. Using film analysis as a methodological approach, it seeks to understand, through the film’s mise-en-scène and its narrative oscillations between self-reflexivity and illusionism, the representation of the characters Mauro/Lola and Teddy. It also aims to highlight the political aspect of the film, often overlooked due to the little-understood poetics that underpins it, but which becomes evident in the depiction of the characters’ identities.