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Bahian actor Marcus Dioli plays the antagonist in the feature film Malês, directed by Pitanga
Authoritarian and feared, the character played by Dioli is the antagonist of the film, which was born from conversations between Antônio Pitanga and Glauber Rocha
Published on October 24, 2024 at 2:34 pm
Marcus Dioli gives life to Lieutenant André Antônio Marques Credit: Disclosure
Bahian actor Marcus Dioli plays Lieutenant André Antônio Marques in the feature film “Malês”, directed by Antônio Pitanga. The film, recorded in Cachoeira, in the Recôncavo region of Bahia, had its premiere last week, during the Rio Festival, in a gala session for guests at Cine Odeon.
Authoritarian and feared, the character played by Dioli is the antagonist of the film, which was born from conversations between Antônio Pitanga and Glauber Rocha and portrays the Malês Revolt, the largest uprising of enslaved people in Brazilian history, which took place in 1835, in Bahia.
For Dioli, his character reveals a lot about today’s society, just take off the policeman’s clothes of the time: “he is spread and camouflaged in society, on the streets, in traffic, through fake profiles on the internet, condemning, judging and killing people, black people , women and LGBTQIA+”, he said in an interview with this website.
Back in Salvador, the actor celebrated the positive impact of the film and his role. According to Dioli, this work was the fulfillment of his prayers. “A long time ago, when I was starting out, I asked in my prayers that one day I would have the opportunity to work while being respected as a professional and with a team that had the same goal, and that happened in this film. Pitanga began to want to edit this film while I began my prayers in parallel, and we walked side by side with the desire for fulfillment. At a certain point along the way, we left the fork and found ourselves.”
Film portrays the Malês Revolt Credit: Disclosure
For the actor, the film was a surprise gift of spirituality. “For me it is a privilege to be invited by Antônio Pitanga himself, who is a force of nature”, he says. The casting took place after actor Chico Diaz declined the invitation due to scheduling conflicts. The search for a new Lieutenant Marques then began. After seeing material from more than 200 actors, Pitanga received video links from producer Delmário Souza from the series ‘Pela Fechadura’ and the film ‘Divaldo Franco’, in which Dioli participates, to learn about the Bahian actor’s work. There, it was decided.
“The director stated that it was my face that he wanted the Lieutenant to have. And he invited me to tell this story that talks about the largest uprising of enslaved black Muslims that took place in Salvador in 1835. They fought for religious freedom, autonomy and against slavery. He also highlighted that he was betting on me. And I honored that calling,” he says.
The actor also celebrated his reunion with author and screenwriter Manuela Dias, with whom he previously worked. “[Ela] He bought Pitanga’s idea, researched, studied and embarked on this story based on the book by José Reis. I’m an admirer of Manuela, I’ve worked on her soap opera Amor de Mãe, which was a success, and now I’m in Malês. We didn’t even know it, it was also the work of spirituality. I’m just grateful (laughs).” The recordings alongside Camila and Rocco Pitanga, whom he describes, respectively, as “serious, fair, attentive and generous” and “serene, discreet and also generous”, were noteworthy for the Bahian.
The film will be released in cinemas on November 14th and features, in addition to Camila and Rocco Pitanga, Rodrigo dos Santos and Patrícia Pillar. For the launch, Dioli’s expectation is that society can, from Malês, change and acquire new behavior, which is more conscious and not just repetitive.
“All behavior is learned, racism is learned, prejudice is in the etymology of the word, it is a hasty concept, without knowledge of what it really is. We need to activate our humanity every day when we watch a story like this about the Malês Revolt. Not transforming the oppressed into oppressors, but balancing, making us equal, because we are all one people. Everyone just wants to have power, it’s okay to want and have it, but they have the responsibility to use it in the best way, adding and building a better Brazil, which they dream of, but which needs to be realized, to act with a new thought and, consequently, a new behavior”, argues the actor.
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