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Brett Marcella's avatar

A Nativa Solitária has been on my watchlist for a while, so I'm glad to see it's on Vimeo! No English subs, but that won't stop me. Gonna look for the 1982 movie as well!

Tom Roark's avatar

You could almost write the translation with the sound off. (I don't know about you, but even with languages I don't speak—I have a little Spanish, but not much—I need the sound on.)

Kilgore's avatar

I've read quite a bit about her. A fascinating woman.

Tom Roark's avatar

"Who do you wish you could have dinner with?"

"Luz del Sol."

I found the lyrics to the Rita Lee song and ran them through Google Translate.

I represent madness today

More whatever you want

Everything you see comes out of your mouth

of a great woman

But crazy!

I represent the secret today

wrapped in paper

Like fire light

Was not afraid

She also went to heaven, early!

I represent a fruit today

It might even be an apple

No, it's not a sin

just an invitation

come see me tomorrow

Same!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

I represent folklore today

Closed in the subway

From the big city that's in a hurry

To know where I'm going

No way!

I represent the cicada today

who will still sing

In this anthill who has ears

You will be able to listen

My scream!

I pose the question today

In Mom's belly

And who dies today, is born one day

to live tomorrow

And always!

Christopher's avatar

I have never heard of her, but am looking forward to watching the movie.

Liza's avatar

I actually recently tweaked her English Wikipedia page because it was pretty terrible. It mentioned, for instance, the first time she was hospitalized, but didn't make any mention of the fact that the hospitalization happened after her brother-in-law sexually harassed her and then placed the blame on her when his wife caught him... which seems like a pretty glaring thing to leave out. Her Portuguese Wikipedia article is a lot more thorough. If feels like the whole English version needs an overhaul; maybe I'll edit it more down the line when I've more time.

Optiskeptic's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. I was totally ignorant of her. Wow, what a fantastically brave person!