She was nominated by the Golden Globe Awards. Sonia is best known for her roles in Leni/Martin in spiderman. She is very talented and beautiful with her soul. "Cannes has many cameras and powerful long lenses, and it worked very beautifully. Sonia Braga is a Brazilian Actress born in Brazil on 8th June 1950. "I didn't want to do something noisy, or something that would be in some way inadequate," Mendonça said. "It was very important to take this international platform here to expose what's happening in Brazil," Braga said Wednesday regarding the protest. The banners were held up by actors, crew and even members of the audience, who responded to the protest with loud applause.
"It's not easy to lose."įor Tuesday's screening of "Aquarius," the team behind the film prepared notebook-sized signs with messages such as "Brazil is not a democracy" and "The world cannot accept this illegitimate government."
"All this transition is going to be very hurtful for our democracy - that was hard to get in the first place," Braga said. "People in congress saying women shouldn't work because they get pregnant - shocking ideas like that," Mendonça said.
The division in Brazil over the suspension of President Dilma Rousseff pending an impeachment trial is "bringing out the worst in both sides - particularly the right side. The Cannes Film Festival served on Wednesday as a platform for the director and star of the Brazilian film "Aquarius" to denounce events in their homeland that actor Sonia Braga called "very hurtful for our democracy."īraga and director Kleber Mendonça Filho spoke to reporters a day after cast, crew members and the public took part in a silent protest over what they regard as a veiled coup in Brazil during the official screening of "Aquarius," which is vying for the Palme d'Or, the top honor at Cannes.