Violeta is a 40-year-old dentist, married and mother of a teenager son. She is ready to start another day in her life when she receives a disconcerting message on her cell phone. The Silver Abyss is Violeta’s little odyssey through the streets of Rio de Janeiro the day her husband leaves her behind. It is the night Violet hangs in a dark abyss that turns silver.
SCREENWRITER: Beatriz Bracher Karim Aïnouz CINEMATOGRAPHER : Mauro Pinheiro Jr EDITOR: Isabela Monteiro de Castro MUSIC : Tejo Damasceno, Rica Amabis, Dustan Gallas COSTUME DESIGN: Kika Lopes PRODUCED BY Rodrigo Teixeira PRODUCTION COMPANIES : RT Features
CAST: Alessandra Negrini, Milton Gonçalves, Thiago Martins
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
64th Cannes Film Festival
Director’s Fortnight
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2011
Best Director
33th Havana Film Festival 2011 (Cuba)
Second Best Film, Best Actress, Best Sound & Best Cinematography
15th Lima Film Festival (Peru)
Toronto Contemporary World Cinema 2011 (Canada)
48th Chicago International Film Festival
42th International Film Festival of India (Goa/India)
24th Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy (Finland)
31st Cambridge Film Festival (UK)
15th Festival de Cinema Luso-brasileiro (Santa Maria da Feira/Portugal)
36th Hong Kong International Film Festival
31st Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey)
16th International Film Festival of Kerala (Kerala/India)
22nd Palm Springs International Film Festiva (USA)
34th Portland International Film Festival (USA)
Canberra Cinematheque 2011 (Australia)
International HOFER Filmtage 2011 (Hof/Germany)
Los Angeles AFI Fest 2011 (USA)
London Cinema of Brazil 2011 (UK)
13th Geneve Fimar en America Latina (Switzerland)
Verein Pantalla Latina (Switzerland)
15th Tallinn Black Nights (Tallin/Russia)
Première Brazil Berlin 2011 (Germany)
Ale Kino! World Cinema Festival 2011 (Poznań/Poland)
NY MoMA The Contenders 2011 (USA)
Mons Festival du Film d’Amour 2012
Brugge Cinema Novo 2012
Kosmarama Trondheim International Film Festival 2012 (Trondheim/Norway)
Prague Febiofest 2012
Barcelona Auteur 2012
Paris Brazilian Film festival 2012
