Director and Writer: Carolina Markowicz
Starring: Maeve Jinkings (Aquarius, Neon Bull), and Argentine actor César Bordon (Wild Tales, The Headless Woman), Camila Márdila (The Second Mother)
Genre: , Feature Film, Dark Satire
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese and Spanish with English Subtitles
Run Time: 1 hour 47 minutes
TIFF 2022--PLATFORM SECTION--WORLD PREMIERE
Brazil, 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo's countryside, a rural family who lives beside a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreigner. The home soon becomes a hideout as the so-called guest happens to be a highly wanted drug lord. The mother, her husband and child will have to learn how to share the same roof with this stranger, while keeping up appearances of an unchanged peasant routine.
TIFF 2022- SCREENINGS
PRESS SCREENINGS
Friday, September 9 at 3:15PM
Location: Scotiabank 13
Tuesday, September 13 at 9:15AM
Location: Scotiabank 10
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
WORLD PREMIERE
Sunday, September 11 at 9:45PM
Location: TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 2
Tuesday, September 13 at 6:45PM
Location: Scotiabank 9
Saturday, September 17 at 6:45PM
Location: Scotiabank 9
Carolina Markowicz is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her short films have won many international awards and have played in more than 200 festivals worldwide including TIFF, SXSW and Cannes' Directors’ Fortnight (Queer Palm winner with The Orphan).
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