also included in our documentaries section, flores raras (rare flowers) (2103) is a drama directed by bruno barreto, is set in brazil in the 1950s and 1960s during a period of considerable alteration in the country.

the city of rio de janeiro is soon to hand over its role of federal capital to the newly constructed and soon to be inaugurated federal district of brasilia, a military coup d'état is brewing and the bossa nova music scene is making its international emergence, in part thanks to its exposure in the successful international film orfeu negro. 

the film's story is centered on the american poet who won the pulitzer prize in 1956, elizabeth bishop (miranda otto).