Aquarius (2016) – Filming Locations
Drama · Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho · Starring Irandhir Santos, Sonia Braga
Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.
Where was Aquarius filmed?
- Recife, Brazil, Recife – The entire film is set in and around the Aquarius apartment building where Clara resists demolition. The actual Aquarius building in Recife's Boa Viagem neighborhood serves as the primary setting; the film was shot entirely within and around this real residential tower, which becomes a metaphor for resistance to urban development
- Recife, Brazil, Recife – Exterior shots of the neighborhood, beach views, and surrounding development. The affluent beachfront district of Boa Viagem provides context for the urban transformation threatening Clara's building and represents the gentrification pressures central to the film's narrative