Directed by Karim Aïnouz
Brazil, France, Germany | 2006 | drama | 35mm | color | 88 min
Hermila, 21, grew up in the wayside town of Iguatu, and as the film opens she’s returning, with her baby boy, from a failed foray in São Paulo. She uneasily settles back into Iguatu’s torpid rhythms, moving in with her family and reconnecting with an old boyfriend (Miguel), as well as a friend (Castro) who now works, casually, as a prostitute. When it becomes clear that Hermila’s husband back in the city will not be joining her, she hatches a scheme to escape again, selling raffle tickets for “one night in paradise” with “Suely,” her alter ego. Where she will go—and how she will survive there—remains an open question.
SCREENWRITER:Karim Aïnouz, Mauricio Zacharias e Felipe Bragança CINEMATOGRAPHER: Walter Carvalho EDITOR: Isabela Monteiro de Castro MUSIC: Berna Ceppas Kamal Kassin SOUND DESIGNER: Waldir Xavier SOUND OPERATOR: Leandro Lima PRODUCED BY Walter Salles, Maurício de Andrade Ramos, Hengameh Panahi, Thomas Häberle, Peter Rommel PRODUCTION COMPANIES: VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Ltda, Celluloid Dreams, Shotgun Pictures
CAST: Hermila Guedes, Georgina Castro, João Miguel, Marcelia Cartaxo
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
28th Havana Film Festival 2006 (Cuba)
Best Film
Best Actress
Festival de Veneza (Italy)
Official Selection – Orizzonti
Rotterdam International Film Festival (The Netherlands)
Time & Tides
22º Mar del Plata International Film (Argentina)
Special Mention
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Brazil)
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actress
Toronto International Film Festival 2006 (Canada)
Official Selection – Contemporary World Cinema
APCA – Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte 2006 (Brazil)
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actress
Bratislava International Film Festival (Hungary)
Best Actress
17º Stockholm International Film Festival (Sweden)
International Competition
10th Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro (Santa Maria da Feira – Portugal)
Best Film
Critics Award
47º Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Thessaloniki – Greece)
FIPRESCI Award
Best Screenplay
Artistic Merit Award
2nd Festcine Goiânia (Goiânia – Brazil)
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress (Zezita Matos)
44º Gijon International Film Festival (Gijon – Spain)
30ª São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
Competition New Directors
Itamaraty Award for the Brazilian Cinema (Brazil)
Best Film
3º Prêmio Bravo! Prime de Cultura (Brazil)
Best Film
Sarajevo Film Festival – 2007
Panorama – Opening Film
International Film Festival of Kerala – 2007 (India)
In Competition
New Zealand International Film Festival – 2007 (New Zealand)
52º Sidney Film Festival (Australia)
New Directors – New York (United States)
Seattle International Film Festival – 2007 (United States)
10º Punta Del Este International Film Festival (Urugay)
Best Film
3º Festival Cinema Brasil (Japan)
Best Film
30º Festival Sesc dos Melhores do Ano (Brazil)
Best Director – Critics Choice
10º Lima International Film FestivalFestival (Peru)
