Limite 93 years old

An astonishing creation, Limite is the only feature by the Brazilian director and author Mário Peixoto, made when he was just 22 years old. Inspired by a haunting André Kertész photograph on the cover of a French magazine, this avant-garde silent masterpiece centres on a man and two women lost at sea, their pasts unfolding through flashbacks propelled by the music of Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, and others. An early work of independent South American filmmaking, Limite was famously difficult to see for most of the twentieth century. It is a pioneering achievement that continues to captivate with its timeless visual poetry.

Credits

Olga Breno as First woman

Raul Schnoor as First man

Carmen Santos as Woman eating a fruit

Mário Peixoto as Man sitting at the cemetery

Tatiana Rey as Second woman

Brutus Pedreira as Second man

Limite Cast

Name	Character
Olga Breno She was 20, 89 years old when she died	as First woman
Raul Schnoor	as First man
Carmen Santos She was 26, 48 years old when she died	as Woman eating a fruit
Mário Peixoto He was 23, 83 years old when he died	as Man sitting at the cemetery
Tatiana Rey	as Second woman
Brutus Pedreira He was 33, 66 years old when he died	as Second man

Limite Crew

Name	Department
Mário Peixoto as Director. He was 23 (83) years old when He died	Directing
Mário Peixoto as Editor. He was 23 (83) years old when He died	Editing
Mário Peixoto as Producer. He was 23 (83) years old when He died	Production
Mário Peixoto as Writer. He was 23 (83) years old when He died	Writing
Brutus Pedreira as Assistant Director. He was 33 (66) years old when He died	Directing

Limite (93 years)

Release day: Sunday, May 17, 1931
Runtime: 120 minutes