| Limite | |
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| Directed by | Mário Peixoto |
| Written by | Mário Peixoto |
| Produced by | Mário Peixoto |
| Starring | Olga Breno Taciana Rey Raul Schnoor |
| Cinematography | Edgar Brasil |
| Edited by | Mário Peixoto |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Limite (Brazilian Portuguese: [lĩˈmitʃi], Portuguese for "Limit", "Border" or "Edge") is a Brazilian silent experimental psychological drama[1] film directed, written and produced by Mário Peixoto, who was inspired by a photograph by André Kertész. Limite was filmed in 1930 and first screened in 1931. It was restored from 1966 to 1978 from a single damaged nitrate print, and one scene remains missing. It is widely regarded as the first experimental feature film made.[2] In a small boat adrift, two women and a man (both unnamed) remember their recent past. They no longer have the strength or desire to live and have reached the limit of their existence.
This 120-minute, silent, and experimental feature by novelist and poet Peixoto, who never completed another film, won the admiration of many, including Sergei Eisenstein, Georges Sadoul, and Walter Salles. It has, on several occasions, been cited as the best Brazilian film. Limite is considered to be a cult film.