The Age of Stone

A voyage into the far west of Brazil leads us to a monumental structure petrified at the centre of the savannah Inspired by the epic construction of the city of Brasília the film uses this history to imagine it otherwise I look at Brasília the way I look at Rome Brasília began with a final simplification of ruins Through the geological traces that lead us to this fictive monument the film unearths a history of exploration prophecy and myth