Maria Luiza Filming Locations
Where was Maria Luiza filmed? Maria Luiza was filmed in 3 locations across Brazil in the following places:
Maria Luiza Filming Locations
Rio de Janeiro is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns). Its raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba dancers, is considered the world’s largest.
Goiás, a state in central Brazil, is home to rugged savanna, colonial-era towns and large-scale agriculture. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is a scenic highlands preserve with trails, rivers, canyons and waterfalls. Founded during the 1700s, the gold-rush towns of Pirenópolis and Goiás Velho (the former state capital) are distinguished by their Portuguese-colonial architecture and vibrant Christian festivals.
Brasília, inaugurated as Brazil’s capital in 1960, is a planned city distinguished by its white, modern architecture, chiefly designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Laid out in the shape of an airplane, its “fuselage” is the Monumental Axis, 2 wide avenues flanking a massive park. In the “cockpit” is Praça dos Três Poderes, named for the 3 branches of government surrounding it.
Maria Luiza (2019)
Maria Luiza da Silva is the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work as a military, she was retired due to disability. The film investigates the motivations to prevent her from wearing the female uniform and her path of affirmation as a trans, military and Catholic woman.