Cult film outfit Spamflix will launch the Cinema of Desire at the Marché International du Film Classique (MIFC) in Lyon, an ambitious restoration project in collaboration with the Cinemateca Brasileira that reclaims a missing piece of Brazilian film history.

The Lisbon-based platform is presenting the 4K restoration of “The Magic Eye of Love” (“O Olho Mágico do Amor,” 1982), the first in a trilogy by Ícaro Martins and José Antonio Garcia, within the MIFC’s Re>Birth program – a showcase for heritage titles seeking restoration and distribution partners.

“This is the first market where we are showing the project, and it’s very special,” Spamflix co-founder Julia Duarte told Variety . “These films were part of a movement that was ahead of its time and emerged from the desire for freedom

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