Marieta Severo, Marco Nanini, Marcos Palmeira and Ludmila Dayer recall Stories of Classic by Carla Camurati, who returns to the cinemas in August
The classic Carlota Joaquina, princess of Brazil (1995) turns 30 in 2025 and, to celebrate the date, the film will be relaunched in cinemas on August 14, rekindling the memories of one of the most surprising moments of national cinema. The cast met to celebrate the meeting and revisit behind the scenes full of improvisations, laughter, warmth … and even a sheep of the army!
Among the names present there were Marieta Severo, Marco Nanini, Marcos Palmeira, Ludmila Dayer, the director Carla Camurati and the manufacturer Bianca de FelippesWhich shared unforgettable behind the moments -cenes and was reflected on the importance of the film in the history of Brazilian audiovisual.
Wig
Interpreting Dom João VI, Marco Nanini affected the mood of the Union behind the scenes: “It was an important moment for all the cinema and for all of us who participated in this film. It was, in fact, luck, because he brought together a very interesting group of actors, artists and technicians. The film was taken with great joy. He always had a lot of joy in the team and this made it easier.”
He also revealed a curious trick that involves its characterization: “My wig of Dom João, there in San Luís Do Maranhão, did not adapt to my head. I had to make a cut and turn around on the contrary. Then it was good.”
Information on revision of the function after so long time, confessed: “I had never seen the film again. Yesterday I saw. I really liked it, because I think it was not aged. It is a chachada, more or less … unleashed, but has the” thing “, because it is also from our history. The Brazilian has it.”
Discovere on the family on the set
The actor, who lives Dom Pedro I, was hit in reviewing his performance three decades later: “I remember the time I saw the film. I criticized me a lot, I thought the movie was very good. But when I saw it yesterday, I managed to distance the distances and I found the film even better. I was surprised by me – which is difficult.”
Palmeira highlighted the freshness of the work and the creative freedom of the cast: “Nobody came out to make a comedy. Nobody was looking for a joke. Every world was profound in what was proposed, and this gave this fantastic result, for the freedom we had to create.”
And he still discovered something surprising during the filming: “I was shooting in the historic center of San Luís and a production boy said:” Your uncle wants to talk to you. “I then discovered that my grandfather had another family in the north -est.
Irreverent
Marieta, who gave birth to the unforgettable Carlota Joaquina, highlighted the depth with which the team fell into history: “We studied a lot of the story of these figures. We knew exactly where we were taking a step. But all this is said with this filter for extreme freedom, which I find a great intelligence of the script.”
He praised the genius of the childish aspect that permeates the narrative: “This girl who listens to this story and fantastic, thinks she is the Carlota … from there, everything is allowed. The vision of Dom John is through this look, which gives infinite freedom.”
Child spell
Performer of Little Carlota, Ludmila was excited to remember his experience as a child: “When I entered the set, I felt that I was teleported. Those clothes, everyone characterized in the middle of the river … it was as if I had come out of my reality. It was all so real.”
He revealed how he felt after the end of the shooting: “When it’s over, I cried so much. I realized that there was no other place in the world in which I wanted to be. I was very bad if separated from Carla, who became a kind of mother.”
Creative chaos
The director Carla Camurati laughed for the laughs while remembering one of the most unusual situations of the set with the army animals: “The army sheep had never seen the sea. I was having a heart attack and Luís breathed mouth!”
Carla also proudly remembered the creative freedom of the team: “The only scene we did from nothing was Carlota to kill the gardener. It was not on the script. But it was enough and, in a few hours, the team created everything. It was beautiful.”
Nanini, again, stealing the scene … with Pitombas
So far he had a bad mood with the typical fruits! Nanini melted as he remembered: “I was in a bad mood in Paquetá, all the warmth of wool and damn. But then pitba boxes came.
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What does Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil portrays?
‘Carlota Joaquina, Brazil Princess’ It is a satirical comedy that tells the story of the Spanish princess Carlota Joaquina, of her wedding organized during childhood with the shy Portuguese prince Sun João, until her arrival in Brazil with the escape of the Portuguese court at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The film uses an irreverent and humorous tone to say how the royal court, full of intrigues, privileges and characters loaded in office, hurry to Rio de Janeiro to escape the threats of Napoleon Bonaparte. From this historical event, which transformed the colony into the empire, the narration accompanies the adventures of Carlota, an ambitious woman and of personality who lives an unfortunate wedding and is faced with the possibility of climbing to power in a new world.
Launched in 1995, the film is a milestone of post-thoughts Brazilian cinema and has become known for its innovative language and to mix historical facts with a good dose of fiction and mockery, inviting the audience to laugh and reflect on the origins of Brazil.
Source: Terra

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