Reaching for the Moon: In nineteen fifty-one, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by
Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both
women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of nineteen sixty-four. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly
illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
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