The wedding of José Celso Martinez Corrêa, 86, and Marcelo Drummond, 60, is captured on film. Filmmaker Fernando Coimbra (of “O Lobo Atrás da Porta”) was responsible for directing a team of eight that filmed the couple’s wedding ceremony on Tuesday night (6) at the Teatro Oficina in central São Paulo.
The shooting extended to moments before the celebration, on the eve, on Monday (5) and also on Tuesday itself, during the day.
In the column, Coimbra says he’s still considering what to do with all the footage, captured by a total of five cameras. “We will start watching to understand what to expect. Whether we want to make a documentary out of it, whether we need to do more interviews and how we’re going to present it,” he explains.
According to him, the original idea was to ensure a historical and highquality record of the marriage. Coimbra worked at Oficina for 12 years and also helped organize and direct the celebration.
He says that all of the people who worked to capture the images acted voluntarily. “To my surprise, many people have embraced it for love. Even people who had no connection to Oficina but understood the historical significance of the moment,” he says.
Zé Celso was suffering from diverticulitis days before the party and entered the Teatro Oficina on Tuesday night sitting in a wheelchair being pushed by his fiancé.
Cries of “shit,” as they wish good luck in the theater, and “Evoé” echoed from the crowded audience of artists, personalities, and intellectuals.
“Long live Zé Celso,” exclaimed MP Eduardo Suplicy (PTSP), one of the couple’s godparents. “And long live Marcelo,” added a woman among the spectators.
Singer Marina Lima opened the event with the song “Fullgás”, in which the couple met. For almost three hours, the wedding was in fact an “artisticecumenical” rite, as announced by its great creator, actor and director Ricardo Bittencourt. “He was the one who invented it all,” Zé Celso later said while thanking his friend for the lively celebration.
Daniela Mercury, Bete Coelho, José Miguel Wisnik, Leona Cavalli, Alexandre Borges and Maria Bethânia, who attended via voicemail were some of the artists performing at the event, which also featured indigenous rituals and candomblé rituals.
Towards the end, in a humorous speech lasting just over 15 minutes, Zé Celso said that the night had been “one of the biggest parties” in his life and in Brazilian theatre. “It was one of Oficina’s greatest moments,” he said.
with BIANKA VIEIRA, KARINA MATIAS It is MANOELLA SMITH