Synopsis : Island of Marajó, Amazon rainforest. Marcielle,13, lives by the riverbanks with her father, mother, and three siblings. Prompted by her mother's words, she idolizes her older sister who supposedly escaped her reality by "finding a good man" on the barges that ply the region. As Tielle matures, her idealized visions shatter, leaving her trapped between two abusive environments. Increasingly worried about her younger sister and the bleak future they face, she decides to confront the oppressive system that controls her family and the women in their community.
Festival History : Venice International Film Festival 2024
Awards : Giornate degli Autori Director's Award, Venice International Film Festival 2024
Director :
Mariana Brennand
Producer :
Carolina Benevides, Marianna Brennand
Screenplay :
Felipe Sholl, Marcelo Grabowsky, Marianna Brennand, Antonia Pellegrino,
Camila Agustini, Carolina Benevides
DOP :
Pierre De Kerchove
Editor :
Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Cast :
Jamilli Correa, Fátima Macedo, Rômulo Braga, Dira Paes, Emilu Pantoja, Samira Eloá, Gabriel Rodrigues, Enzo Maia
Marianna Brennand, after graduating with a degree in film at UCSB, made Francisco Brennanda (2012), a documentary about a Brazilian artist globally recognized for his ceramic work, who was also her great-uncle Francisco. The film won both Best Brazilian Documentary and Best Brazilian Film at the São Paulo Film Festival. Manas marks Brennand’s feature film directorial debut and is the result of a ten-year research into the complex and delicate subject of the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and teenagers on Marajó Island, in the Amazon rainforest.