SIMPLE PAST

(Pretérito Perfeito)

a film by Gustavo Pizzi

Brazil / 2006 / Documentary / Colored / 75 min

Casa Rosa (Pink House) was the most famous brothel in Rio de Janeiro in the 20th century. In 1991, it ended its activities and, four years later, reopened as a cultural space, where parties, events and musical shows are held. Hundreds of young people came to the place every weekend. In 2004, filmmaker Gustavo Pizzi, a frequent visitor to the parties, invited some people who knew the house as a brothel to revisit the place. Former clients, employees and Ivanilda, a 65-year-old prostitute, who worked at the house when she was 17 and has never returned there since. A story about memory, morals and negotiation.

WITH Ivanilda Santos Lima, Roberto Amaral, Constantino de Franco, Lan and Juca Ribeiro DIRECTED WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY ​Gustavo Pizzi CINEMATOGRAPHER Paulo Castiglione and Tiago Scorza EDITING Gustavo Pizzi ORIGINAL SCORE  Lucas Vasconcellos PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Cynthia Lamas ANIMATION DEPARTMENT Gabriel Duran and Pedro Rossi COLORIST Paulo Camacho SOUND DESIGN Eduardo Pop and Marcito Vianna SOUND RECORDIST Pedro Moreira and Altyr Pereira PRODUCTION COMPANIES Cavídeo and Saraguina Filmes