Vlavianos: Impulse and Reason
“Art remains. The body fades.”
2025•L•1h 10m•Released
Documentary
The documentary follows Nicolas Vlavianos (1929-2022), a renowned sculptor, in the final years of his life. It captures the moment — when he is around 90 years old — that he returns to an old drawer, tries to pick up his tools, and realizes he no longer has the strength to hold them. That simple gesture becomes the symbolic trigger: the end of his long creative cycle and the beginning of a farewell to his art. From there, the film documents the dismantling of Vlavianos’s studio and workspace, and the gradual process of his withdrawal from physical creation. It’s not just a retrospective of works: it’s a portrait of decline, memory, mortality, and legacy.
Director
Pedro Urizzi
Writer
Pedro Urizzi, Fausto Noro
Budget
$0M
Languages
Portuguese
Studio
Na Laje Filmes
Cast
Nicolas Vlavianos
Nicolas Vlavianos
Verônica Stigger
Verônica Stigger
Laura Rodriguez
Laura Rodriguez
Myrine Vlavianos
Myrine Vlavianos
Fábio Magalhães
Fábio Magalhães
Thierry Freitas
Thierry Freitas
Production
Company
Na Laje Filmes
Producer
Claudio Moita
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