Ex It, by Cao Guimarães, and the transcendence of self

Abstract

This essay focuses on the film Ex It (2010), by Cao Guimarães, with emphasis on an analysis of how the actor transcends himself to give shape to the existence of the image of the real character he interprets, and the way in which the film develops, passing from literature to cinema, documentary to fiction, and life to image.

Keywords

• documentário
• performance
• Ex Isto (filme)
• Cao Guimarães