Brazil, beginning of the 20th Century. Fastly growing city of São Paulo. Slavery has just been abolished. Three women of the Soares family, former owners of lands and slaves, just came back to the city. Lost after the death of their last housemaid slave, they struggle to adapt to the changes in Brazil. At the same time, the Nascimento family, who used to work as slaves in the Soares farm are now facing a society in which there is no space for the recently freed black people. Between Brazil’s past and present, out of place, they all fight to survive in the modern world.
- Country:
- France, 2020
- Genre:
- Drama / Drama
- Group:
- FEST 48
- Duration:
- 120’
- Director:
- Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo
- Screenplay:
- Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo
- Cast:
- Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez, Agyei Augusto
- Festivals:
- 2020 – Berlin, Lisabon, Gramado, San Sebastijan, Riga, Beč, Sao Paulo / Berlin International Film Festival, IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival, Festival de Cinema de Gramado, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Riga International Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival
- Cinematography:
- Hélène Louvart
- Editing:
- Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo, Juliana Rojas
- Music:
- Gui Braz, Salloma Salomão
- Producers:
- Florence Cohen, Clément Duboin, Maria Ionescu, Sara Silveira
- Production:
- Good Fortune Films, Dezenove Som e Imagem (BR), Filmes do Caixote (BR)
- Distributer:
- MCF MegaCom Film
- Filmography:
- Marco Dutra
2020 Todos os Mortos / All the Dead Ones / Svi mrtvi
2017 As Boas Maneiras / Good Manners
2016 O Silêncio do Céu / The Silence of the Sky
2014 Quando Eu Era Vivo / When I Was Alive
2011 Trabalhar Cansa / Hard Labor
Caetano Gotardo
2020 Todos os Mortos / All the Dead Ones / Svi mrtvi
2019 Seus Ossos e Seus Olhos / Your Bones and Your Eyes
2012 O Que Se Move / The Moving Creatures
- Awards:
- 2020 - Gramado - Zlatni Kikito za najbolje sporedne uloge (Thomas Aquino i Alaíde Costa) i nagrada za najbolju muziku (Salloma Salomão); Lisabon - najbolji film / Festival de Cinema de Gramado - Golden Kikito for Best Supporting Actors (Thomas Aquino and Alaíde Costa), Best (Salloma Salomão); IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival - Silvestre Award for Best Feature Film
MARKO DUTRA / MARCO DUTRA
Marco Dutra graduated in São Paulo University's Film School. He wrote and directed several short films with his university friend Juliana Rojas. His first feature Hard Labor (2011), premiered in Cannes at the Un Certain Regard selection.
Caetano Gotardo (Brazil, 1981) has directed the feature films The Moving Creatures (2012) and Your Bones and Your Eyes (2019), shown at festivals all over the world. He has also directed numerous short films, particularly including Sand (2008), presented in the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes.
Directors use characters as signifiers for Brazil’s societal ills
Jay Weissberg, Variety
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