72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Arábia / Araby

Affonso Uchôa , João Dumans
Brazil      96 m.
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Young André lives in an industrial neighbourhood in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, near an old aluminium factory. Once a week, his aunt Márcia, a voluntary nurse at the community hospital, visits himself and his younger brother to help them with the household chores while their mother is away. One day, one of the factory workers, Cristiano, a foreigner with a stormy background in the neighbourhood, suffers an accident at the factory. Márcia gives him first aid right in front of the factory, and asks André to go to Cristiano's house to get his documents and some clothes. Entering the house, André comes across a mysterious notebook...

Director
Affonso Uchôa, João Dumans
Screenplay
Affonso Uchôa, João Dumans
Production
Katásia Filmes (Brazil)
Vitor Graize
Vasto Mundo (Brazil)
Vitor Graize
Photography
Leonardo Feliciano
Edition
Rodrigo Lima, Luiz Pretti
Music
Francisco César
Cast
Aristides de Sousa, Murilo Caliari, Glaucia Vandeveld, Renato Novaes, Adriano Araújo, Renan Rovida, Wederson Neguinho, Renata Cabral
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
96 m.
Country
Brazil
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