North American Premiere
Amid the revelry of Rio’s Carnival, a wandering boy chances upon a weary street sweeper whose long-repressed grief derails his humble obligations.
Alexandre Amador, Camila Pitanga, Miguel Leonardo, Gilberto Gil
Brazil/France
2024
In Portuguese with English subtitles
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Moving through often uncharted (subaltern) territory, these works and their subjects carry the remnants of emotional and physical labour on their shoulders, both literally and figuratively.
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Credits & Director
Producer
Renan Barbosa Brandão, Rafael Teixeira, Leonardo Martinelli, Lucas H. Rossi, Clara Marquardt, Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi
Screenwriter
Leonardo Martinelli
Cinematography
João Atala
Editor
Lobo Mauro
Original Music
André Mendonça, Fabio Carnèiro
Art Director
Ananias de Caldas, Brian Thurler
Leonardo Martinelli
Leonardo Martinelli is a filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro. His shorts have been selected at festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Montreal, Biarritz, and Toulouse, among others, and his film Fantasma Neon (2021) won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. He holds a master’s degree in communications from PUC-Rio and is currently developing his first feature film, which was selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.
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