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Runtime:

85 min.

Year of Production:

2016

Country:

Brazil/Germany

Director:

Sérgio Andrade
Fábio Baldo

Cast:

Anderson Tikuna
Rita Carelli
Begê Muniz
Emanuel Aragão

Production Company:

Rio Taruma Films

Berlinale Section:

Panorama

Berlinale Category:

Feature Film

Having been born into an indigenous tribe in the Amazon, Anderson is familiar with painful initiation rites. He is now living with his sister and her sick little girl in the city of Manaus. He has a mobile phone and takes on casual work, but must face the challenges posed by the incompatibility between modern life and shamanism. For him, the two worlds collide on a daily basis: when his niece is to be sacrificed, when a mythical monster appears to him in human form, or when he experiences a one-night stand in a doom metal night club. The shaman has another ancient ritual in store for Anderson, without which, according to the healer, he will be lost forever. With powerful images accompanied by electronic music, directors Sérgio Andrade and Fábio Baldo create a portrait of a wanderer between two worlds. One – endangered and fuelled by myths and legends – is fading away in the dwindling space accorded to it by the white conquerors. The other is loud and exhausting, but perhaps one in which Anderson will be able to develop in a better way. Eschewing didacticism, the film paints a dreamlike documentary portrait of a disappearing culture.

BIOGRAFIE Sérgio Andrade

FILMOGRAFIE Sérgio Andrade (selection)

2016 Antes o tempo nao acabava  2012 A Floresta de Jonathas  2010 Cachoeira  2009 Um Rio Entre Nós   2008 Criminosos 

BIOGRAFIE Fábio Baldo

FILMOGRAFIE Fábio Baldo (selection)

2016 Antes o tempo nao acabava  2014 Geru  2013 É Tudo Lágrima  2011 Da Origem  2010 Caos 

Trailer
Interviewwith Fabio Baldo, Sergio Andrade and Andreson Tikuna
Sergio Andrade@IMDb
Fábio Baldo @IMDb

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