O encontro de João do Rio e Dr. Antônio em Memórias de um rato de hotel e Muitos homens num só: diálogos entre cinema e literatura

Abstract

From the perspective of Interart Studies and Intermediality, this monograph aims to analyze the book Memórias de um rato de hotel (1912), with authorship attributed to João do Rio, and the cinematographic adaptation based on this work, entiled Muitos homens num só (2015), and directed by Mini Kerti. The context of both works is the beginning of the XX century, during the period of the Brazilian Belle Époque, the height of João do Rio's and Dr. Antônio's career, the first is the pseudonym of Paulo Barreto and the second is the pseudonym of a famous thief known for stealing hotels in Rio de Janeiro. Thus, with a comparative methodology and based on the theories about adaptation, this research sought to analyze the relationship between the two works, with a focus on the narrative masks and the identity issues present in the literary and in the filmic narrative. Finally, following this perspective, the analysis of this work sought to highlight the importance of both works in the literary and cinematographic context.