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O Aleijadinho
BRAZIL · 1978

O Aleijadinho

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Brazilian architecture colonial history artistic biography cathedral restoration colonial sculpture
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Synopsis

O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de Andrade had assisted in the restoration of more than 20 years earlier. de Andrade dedicated the film to his father, who had sent him on the expedition.

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