São Paulo, Incorporated

Directed by Luis Sérgio Person

Brazil

1965

104 mins

Unclassified 15+

The city and state of São Paulo somehow became Brazil’s main economic machine in the 20th century, the source of the country’s industrialisation, a magnet for people from all over the country to come and find work.

This taut chronicle of life in the mid‑1960s in the Brazilian megalopolis is a work of fiction with great performances by Walmor Chagas, Eva Wilma and Darlene Glória. It is also a terrific document of a country reshaped by industry. 4K restoration.

– Kleber Mendonça Filho, Curator

SAO PAULO S/A: Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in association with Cinemateca Brasileira, Lauper Films Ltda., and the family of Luiz Sérgio Person. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

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Sun 7 June 2026, 12:30pm

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Art Gallery of New South Wales

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