Cinematography:
Hélène LouvartCast:
Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez, Alaíde Costa, Leonor Silveira, Agyei Augusto, Rogério Brito, Thomas Aquino, Andréa Marquee (more)Plots(1)
1899. Slavery has recently been abolished in Brazil. After the death of their last housemaid, the three women of the Soares family are at a loss in the rapidly expanding city of São Paulo. The family, which once owned coffee plantations, is now on the brink of ruin and struggling to adapt. At the same time, the Nascimento family, who used to work as slaves on the Soares’ farm, now find themselves adrift in a society in which there is no place for recently freed black people. Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra’s elegant mise-en-scène perfectly highlights the contrasting personalities of their mostly female ensemble while men, no longer to be trusted as providers, occupy a back seat. From the old woman accustomed to being waited on and oblivious to her own anachronistic discourse, to a nun tempted by blasphemous ideas, a pianist whose mind is inhabited by her community’s dark past, and a former slave whose quick-mindedness and willpower guide her towards a better life, these fascinating women are both out of place and the pillars of an evolving nation. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Mawusi Tulani
Best movies:
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Clarissa Kiste
Best movies:
Rust (2018)
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Carolina Bianchi
Best movies:
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Thaia Perez
Best movies:
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Alaíde Costa
Best movies:
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Leonor Silveira
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
John From (2015)
Agyei Augusto
Best movies:
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Rogério Brito
Best movies:
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Thomas Aquino
Best movies:
Bacurau (2019)
Private Desert (2021)
Futuro Beach (2014)
Andréa Marquee
Brazil
Best movies:
Good Manners (2017)
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Gilda Nomacce
Brazil
Best movies:
Good Manners (2017)
All the Dead Ones (2020)
Teca Pereira
Best movies:
Trash (2014)
Just Short of Perfect (2021)
Divine Love (2019)