Brazil Mourns Film Producer Luiz Carlos Barreto
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Brazil Mourns Film Producer Luiz Carlos Barreto

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Luiz Carlos Barreto, a key figure in Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, has died at the age of 98, prompting three days of national mourning.

Barreto passed away on Wednesday, July 22, in Rio de Janeiro. He was one of the driving forces behind the Cinema Novo movement during the 1960s and 1970s, a period of significant artistic and political expression in Brazilian cinema.

The extent to which Barreto was regarded both within Brazil and internationally is reflected in the nation’s response to his death – a three-day period of mourning has been declared. The source does not specify *how* this mourning will be observed, only that it has begun.

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