Translations of Materials on Limite
Following a discussion of Mário Peixoto’s Limite (1931) at the A. Sergeev Film Club, we are publishing translations of material from the first issue of the Brazilian journal Cine-Clube.
Full publication details: Cine-Clube: revista da Federação dos Cine-Clubes do Rio de Janeiro. Year I, no. 1, third quarter of 1960 (the cover reads Primavera 1960). The issue is devoted to Limite and brings together articles about the film, an interview, information about Mário Peixoto, and excerpts from screenplays.
These translations were prepared with automated assistance and editorial comparison against the Portuguese scans. We publish them to make this remarkable body of writing on Brazilian cinema more accessible to English-language readers.
The journal was located through the Mário Peixoto biography published by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), whose author shared scans of Cine-Clube, with thanks to Glênio Póvoas. The UFRGS page also provides a biography of Mário Peixoto, images, links to the complete journal O Fan, and an extensive bibliography; rather than duplicate it here, we direct readers to the original English article.
With all sincerity,
Aleksandr
Saint Petersburg
13 August 2026
Materials
Cine-Clube: revista da Federação dos Cine-Clubes do Rio de Janeiro, no. 1, 1960
- Limite and Mário Peixoto: editorial note and interview with Plínio Süssekind Rocha — on the film’s history, plot, rhythm, and place in silent cinema
- Vinicius de Moraes. “Limite” — on a screening attended by Orson Welles
- Octávio de Faria. “Nature and Rhythm”
- Octávio de Faria. “Mundéu and Limite” — on Mário Peixoto’s poetry in verse and film
- Mário Peixoto: Filmography and Bibliography
- Limite: Technical Details
- Limite: Screenplay Excerpts
- Dream over the Sand: An Excerpt from an Unfinished Film Screenplay
Translations prepared by Catoblepas Press from scans of the journal issue.
Biography
- Mário Peixoto: Biography — the original English-language UFRGS article on the filmmaker and writer, with photographs, primary-source links, and bibliography