The First Death of Joana / A Primeira Morte de Joana

The First Death of Joana

Synopsis : Late summer of 2007, South of Brazil. Joana, 13, needs to unravel a mystery: why had her great-aunt Rosa never dated anyone and ended up dying a virgin at 70 years old? Encouraged by her friend Carolina, Joana starts an investigation about Rosa’s past. Clashing with the conservatism around her, Joana will discover how the women in her family live out their sexuality and plunges into her imagination to find her own answers. When rumours start in their small town that Carolina had her first kiss with a girl, the growing intimacy between them disturbs and fascinates Joana.


Director : Cristiane Oliveira
Producer : Aletéia Selonk, Cristiane Oliveira
Screenplay : Cristiane Oliveira
DOP : Bruno Polidoro
Editor : Tula Anagnostopoulos
Cast : LETÍCIA KACPERSKI, ISABELA BRESSANE, JOANA VIEIRA, LISA GERTUM BECKER, EMÍLIO SPECK, PEDRO NAMBUCO, ROSA CAMPOS VELHO, GRACIELA CAPUTTI


Cristiane Oliveira

"Born in Porto Alegre, Cristiane Oliveira (Berlinale Talents 2017) made her debut in feature films with NALU ON THE BORDER (Mulher do Pai) a Brazil-Uruguay co-production that premiered internationally at the Berlinale 2017 (Generation 14Plus) and won 18 awards in the 21 national and international festivals where it was screened (such as FIPRESCI Award at Uruguay IFF, Best Screenplay at Cinema Jove – Valencia IFF, Best Direction and Cinematography at Rio IFF, among others). Her second feature the Brazilian/French fiction film THE FIRST DEATH OF JOANA is currently in postproduction. Her third feature with the title UNTIL THE MUSIC IS OVER is a co-production with Italy and it is in preproduction."

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