Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.
Joaquim and Margarida spend the day in the antique shop of their grandfather, the forgotten Fuinha, and his partner, the grumpy Caçapava. An old suitcase, full of strange bottles, is the portal to a magical world where extraordinary adventures are lived and lost memories are revisited.
Written in 1625 by the British playwright Ben Jonson, the play “The Staple of News” provides a historic root for this discussion about the role of the press in modern day Brazil. Journalists of several generations discuss the dilemmas of the selection and focus of their subjects, the resistance of the media in accepting itself as a political agent, the inevitability of interpretation as there are no hard facts in nature, and above all the search for an always complex balance between credibility and the public’s growing demand for news.
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