REGINA
"Art is my life."
"The theatre is my home."
20% of the film was shot.
Keywords: Artist's Soul. Freedom. Solitude. Fantasy. Magic. Feminine. Aging. Apprentice.
LOGLINE
At 81, actress Regina Vogue faces aging and the limitations of her body in a poetic journey between reality and fantasy, reinventing herself on stage. By revisiting her life, from the circus to the theater, she transforms art into a refuge and celebrates the legacy of Latin American actresses.
SYNOPSIS
REGINA is an 80-minute documentary about the life and art of actress Regina Vogue, 81, one of the great pioneers of Brazilian theater. Running away from home as a young girl to pursue her dream of becoming an artist, first with a poor traveling circus, she dared to breathe fire, hang by her hair, until a fateful accident occurred: Regina was bitten by a monkey and abandoned on the road by the circus owner. She resumed her search, this time as a bullfighter in a bullfighting circus, until finally finding her home in the theater. Regina’s life is marked by challenges, always sustained by imagination and fantasy. Today, even while living with major physical limitations, she remains active and inspiring, keeping her own theater — founded in 2004 in southern Brazil — running.
The film presents three narrative layers: a fictional and fantastical one, which retells her story with poetic and theatrical language, staged in her own theater; a documentary layer, which follows her final performances, in which she presents a monologue in various cities and reunites with old friends; and, finally, a layer of archives and interviews about women of Latin American theater in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, who faced heavy prejudice, were called prostitutes, and were often rejected by their families.
Inspired by works such as I’m Not There and The Beaches of Agnès, the film intertwines reality and invention to reveal the resilient soul of an artist who continues walking “one step on the earth and two in the sky”.
DIRECTION AND SCREENPLAY
Bruna Steudel
Bruna Steudel has over 25 years of experience in theater and 14 years in the audiovisual sector. As a screenwriter and director, her work has been screened and awarded at national and international festivals. She worked on the documentary television film "Território Antártico," a co-production of Globo, available on Globoplay. She also directed the documentary "Eu Vejo Flores," produced through the ELAS grant and the Avon Institute, which addresses the experiences of women and girls deprived of their liberty. She was part of the writing team for the series "Brasil de Imigrantes," on the History Channel, a finalist for the 2020 ABRA Award. She directed and wrote the short documentary film "Caminhos do Peabiru," launched at one of the largest festivals in Latin America, the Tiradentes Film Festival, and winner of several international awards.
Bruna's career is marked by sensitivity and depth in her work on documentary and fictional projects. Currently, she is developing new personal projects focused on creating relevant and sensitive narratives.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Anne Lise Ale
Anne Lise Ale has worked as a film executive producer in Brazil for over 10 years. She works on the development and execution of projects made possible by Cultural Incentive Laws and has managed more than 15 film productions. Notable executive producers include the animations "Vivi Lobo e o Quarto Mágico" (2019), winner of 15 national and international awards and screened in more than 13 countries; "Apneia" (2019), winner of the Best Brazilian Short Film award at the Gramado Film Festival; and "Anacleto, o Balão" (2023), both produced by Dogzilla Studio, and nominated for an International Emmy (2023) for art direction on the Netflix series "O Menino Maluquinho".
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Maurício Baggio
Director of Photography since 2004. In these almost 20 years, he has worked on more than 80 films, including short films, feature films and series, both documentaries and fiction. His work has been shown in cinemas, on TV, streaming services and at major film festivals around the world, earning him several awards. Director of Photography for the series "Irmãos Freitas", created by Walter Salles and Sérgio Machado, directed by Aly Muritiba, a production of Gullane Entretenimento and VideoFilmes. Available on Amazon Prime Video and Canal Space. His short film Tarântula, by Aly Muritiba and Marja Calafange, produced by Grafo Audiovisual, had a wide circulation in festivals around the globe, having premiered at the important Venice Film Festival in Italy. Director of Photography for the series "Nóis por Nóis", directed by Aly Muritiba. He also directed the short film Tereza. The film, which has been seen on every continent and screened at festivals such as Mar del Plata (Argentina), the Uruguay International Film Festival, and the Huesca International Film Festival (Spain), has garnered a long list of awards for both the film and the director.
Regina Vogue is an actress, director, and producer with over six decades of experience dedicated to the performing arts, recognized as one of the great pioneers of Brazilian theater.
Born in Caçador (SC), she began her career as a teenager in traveling circuses before establishing herself in theater, where she built a body of work marked by creativity and resilience. Based in Curitiba since the 1980s, she founded the Teatro Regina Vogue in 2004, a landmark venue in the Brazilian theater scene, especially focused on audience development and the promotion of theater. She has received important recognitions, such as the title of Honorary Citizen of Paraná, the Gralha Azul Award for best children's show and best actress, and four editions of the Poty Lazzarotto Award.
In over 60 years of activity, she starred in and produced dozens of shows, including Pluft, the Little Ghost, The Other Woman, The Farce of Zebedee's Wife, Dismantling, and The Life of Galileo — the latter alongside Paulo Autran in 1989. At 81 years old, she remains active, inspiring new generations and keeping alive her commitment to art as a space for imagination, affection, and transformation.