Quincas Borba

Based on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared. —Claudio Pinhanez <pinhanez@media.mit.edu> When the insane philosopher Quincas Borba dies, he leaves his dog also called Quincas Borba and his fortune to his naive disciple and friend Pedro Rubião de Alvarenga. Rubião moves to São Paulo, where he meets Sofia and her greedy husband Cristiano Palha, and he believes that they are his friends. Rubião has a crush on Sofia, who manipulates him with her husband, dissipating his inheritance. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil