When The Marquees' Lights Go Out

2018 • Directed by

Renato Brandão

Documentary, History

The story of the Cinelândia Paulistana

With archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, a story of movie theaters that were located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, reaching more than 15 cinemas in full operation.