
Waiting for the Carnival

A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.
It's one of my favorite documentaries. I like how the director captures the life of each person. It's wonderful to see the different perspectives of life the citizens have, some view work as a way to life and some work as one of the many different thinks to do in life. For sure, some of these people praise money as their God and life passes by through their eyes. All of the sudden everything changes as the carnival approaches. They remember that we are supposed to live and not only work. Poor money management makes them go crazy to live a little moment of leasure, and that never ending cycle of working insanely continues