Movie Description
Praia Formosa
(2024)Overview
Like any industrious coastal town or city, Rio de Janeiro's port region has always been a hub for the confluence of cultures, nationalities and identities. Since 2013, it has also formed the basis of a research project for filmmaker Julia De Simone. Her third feature-length film – which was supported by IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund in 2014 – shifts away from straightforward documentary and towards a more fictionalised form as it presents the story of Muanza, a woman born in the Kingdom of Kongo in the early nineteenth century and trafficked to Brazil, who awakens to find herself in the present, roaming the streets of Rio’s rapidly changing port region, known as ‘Pequena Africa’, or Little Africa.
Featured Crew
- Director : Julia De Simone
- Producer : Luana Melgaço,Julia De Simone,Filipa Reis
- Writer : Julia De Simone,Aline Portugal,Mariana Luiza
- Editor : Ricardo Pretti
- Cast : Lucília Raimundo,Samira Carvalho,Mãe Celina de Xangô,Maria d'Aires
Cast
Facts
Original TitlePraia Formosa
Status Released
Release Information
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2024-01-25
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 30m
Production CompaniesAnavilhana Filmes,Mirada Filmes,Uma Pedra no Sapato
Genres
- Drama