The Poetics of Aging in Laís Bodanzky's Chega de Saudade (2007)

Brazilian directors have depicted female protagonists at various stages of the life cycle--from the age of innocence up through what Portuguese speakers refer to a terceira idade [the third age]. Drawing from the work of contemporary critics whose reflections on aging and gender have become central to the discourse on critical age theory, this presentation explores the ways in which the constructs of age and gender are configured in Laís Bodanzky’s award-winning film Chega de Saudade (2007).