Forum of Independents - Competition 2006 / Árido Movie / Brazil 2005
A television weather reporter travels to his native town in the Brazilian north-east for the funeral of his father, who was killed under questionable circumstances. Soon after his arrival in this God-forsaken land, he has to face not only his strange family, but also Indians, marijuana planters, conservative politicians, clairvoyants, water-diviners and spiritual leaders – and, above all, his own memories.
A television weather reporter travels to his native small town in the Brazilian north-east for the funeral of his father, who was killed under questionable circumstances. When he finally arrives in Rocha Valley, devastated by drought, he is forced to face not only his strange family, but also Indians, marijuana planters, conservative politicians, clairvoyants, water-diviners, soothsayers and spiritual leaders – and, above all, his own memories. The plunge into this almost unbelievable world is followed from a distance by his friends Bob, Falcao and Vera, and from close-up by Soledad, a filmmaker making a video about the importance of water. Soon after their arrival in this God-forsaken land, various events are set in motion whose outcome no-one can predict…
110 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Lírio Ferreira
/ Screenplay Lírio Ferreira, Hilton Lacerda, Eduardo Nunes, Sérgio Oliveira
/ Dir. of Photography Murilo Salles
/ Music Berna Ceppas, Kassin, Otto & Pupillo
/ Editor Vânia Debs
/ Producer Murilo Salles
/ Production Cinema Brasil Digital
/ Cast Guilherme Weber, Giulia Gam, Matheus Nachtergaele, Renata Sorrah, José Dumont, Selton Mello, Mariana Lima, Gustavo Falcao, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, José Celso Martinez Correa, Maria de Jesus Bacarelli, Aramis Trindade, Paulo César Peréio, Suyane Moreira
/ Contact Cinema Brasil Digital
www: www.aridomovie.com.br
Lírio Ferreira (b. 1965, Recife, Brazil) directed his first feature film in 1996, Baile Perfumado, which he also wrote and produced. He has directed several short films and made some experimental videos. He has also created more than 30 video clips on Brazilian artists.
Cinema Brasil Digital
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Phone: +55 21 226 733 36
Fax: +55 21 226 733 36
E-mail: [email protected]
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