Ciclo reveals filmmaker and scholar Rodrigo Almeida's cinephilic journey of discovering (and falling in love with) the cinema produced in the state he was born, Pernambuco. Almeida understands his own scholarly and cinephilic interest as one of origins, and he takes viewers back to Pernambuco's silent-era film movement, the "Ciclo do Recife" (Recife Cycle), as a means of explaining its historical importance and the role the films have played in influencing his own work and life. Ciclo is the story of an artist's journey towards self-discovery through a cinema that was made close to home. But it is equally a vital historical document, with facts, images, and archival footage that will leave any viewer dying to discover more about this silent-era movement.




