Synopsis : A young filmmaker returns to his hometown and attempts to reconnect with his father as the pandemic rapidly accelerates across Brazil. However, their relationship proves to be more complicated with increasingly bizarre phenomena occurring as they get closer.
Festival History : Tribeca Film Festival, 2023 San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2023 São Paulo International Film Festival, 2023
Awards : Best International Feature, Nest Performance, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer - Tribeca Film Festival, 2023 Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenwriting - Rio De Janeiro International Film Festival
Director :
Guto Parente Parente
Producer :
Ticiana Augusto Lima
Screenplay :
Guto Parente
DOP :
Linga Acácio
Editor :
Victor Costa Lopes, Guto Parente, Augusto Lima Sisters
Cast :
Lucas Limeira, Carlos Francisco, Tarzia Firmino, Rita Cabaço, Renan Capivara, Ana Marlene
Independent filmmaker Guto Parente educated in Film at Escola Pública do Audiovisual de Fortaleza. A member of Alumbramento, an artists' collective and production company in Ceará till 2016, he is now part of Tardo Filmes in Fortaleza. In the past Parente directed in collaboration with Pedro Diógenes, Luiz Pretti and Ricardo Pretti, films mainly in Brazil. Inferninho (2018), co-directed with Pedro Diógenes, and the independently made The Cannibal Club (2018), both premiered in Rotterdam.