07 Aug 1985
Break!
This cartoon is directed against the brutality of professional Boxing. In parody form it ridiculed unworthy methods and means used to achieve victory.
End of Conservation
A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making and… young women.
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