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An actress, filmmaker and TV personality, Marina Person became known as a VJ on Brazilian MTV from 1995 to 2011. During those years of near-daily television reporting, she sculpted an on-screen persona that was effervescent and glamourous without losing depth and relatability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marina rose to become a key interlocutor of pop-cultural life in Brazil, but as her auspicious run at MTV wound down, she plotted her next move. Following the footsteps of her filmmaker parents Luis S\u00e9rgio Person and Regina Jeh\u00e1, she directed the theatrical features <\/span>Person<\/span><\/i> (2004), which dealt with her father\u2019s personal and historical legacy, and <\/span>Calif\u00f3rnia<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2015), her narrative debut reflecting on her youth in the tumultuous Brazil of the 1980s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Directing film and television is now Person\u2019s primary activity, and so it came as a suprise to her when I offered her the lead in <\/span>Isabel <\/span><\/i><\/a>(2026). Why the choice? Marina Person embodies qualities of our shared city of S\u00e3o Paulo: she is scrappy, fast-moving, determined\u2026 You want to be her friend, you want to root for her.<\/span><\/p>\n

And for someone who has been so versatile and succesful in her career, I was interested in exploring the idea of failure and frustration with her, to find her more vulnerable side. I\u2019m grateful to her for accepting the challenge, for going deep into the wine cellar with me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gabe Klinger<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An actress, filmmaker and TV personality, Marina Person became known as a VJ on Brazilian MTV from 1995 to 2011. During those years of near-daily television reporting, she sculpted an on-screen persona that was effervescent and glamourous without losing depth and relatability. Marina rose to become a key interlocutor of pop-cultural life in Brazil, but… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":31289,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31285","guests","type-guests","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMarina Person — Midnight Sun Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An actress, filmmaker and TV personality, Marina Person became known as a VJ on Brazilian MTV from 1995 to 2011. 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