Performance e Verdade em Jogo de Cena (2007), de Eduardo Coutinho

Uma Análise da Performatividade e da Ética da Representação no Documentário Brasileiro

Authors

  • Crislaine Alves Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Abstract

This article analyzes the film Jogo de Cena (2007) by Eduardo Coutinho, reconfiguring the ethical and aesthetic parameters of contemporary documentary. The radical device (staging of women's testimonies by actresses) shifts the search for factual truth to performative truthfulness. The analysis explores the device's genealogy, the economy of performances, and the ethical reflection (Distribution of the Sensible, Autobiographical Pact). The article argues that the work is a philosophical treatise on the performative nature of identity and the profound responsibility inherent in acts of representation.

Published

2026-03-31

Issue

No. 39 (2026): O REAL COMO MÉTODO: DIÁLOGOS ENTRE O DOCUMENTÁRIO E A TEORIA DE CINEASTAS | La realidad como método: diálogos entre el documental y la Teoría de los cineastas | Reality as Method: Dialogues between Documentary and Filmmakers’ theory | La réalité comme méthode : dialogues entre théorie du documentaire et la Théorie des cinéastes

Section

ARTIGOS | Artículos | Articles | Articles

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