Abstract

On the occasion of his recent essay film Mariner of the Mountains, the queer Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz reflected upon his career in a wide-ranging conversation with FQ contributing editor Alisa Lebow. Spanning themes from Aïnouz’s insider/outsider status as a gay Brazilian with a foreign name to his reputation as a consummate director of “women’s films,” the interview presents a comprehensive overview of Aïnouz’s oeuvre: from his first feature film Madame Satã to his first English-language film Firebrand, about the life of Henry VIII’s last wife Catherine Parr, currently in production.

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