Encontros (Meetings) is the largest and most prestigious book collection of interviews with Brazilian artists and thinkers. With more than 50 published titles, Encontros provides a broad panorama of Brazil's cultural and intellectual wealth. Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes was the most expressive Brazilian film critic. Not only for his academic work, for his writings, but above all for his action, for his presence. An integral man, given to the surprises of the moment, he invented forms of profound communication with his contemporaries, participating actively in culture not only as a specialist, but also as an actor, fiction writer, critic, and citizen. The statements and interviews gathered here bring us closer to this remarkable personality of our culture, and his lucid laugh hovers over each sentence.