TEMPORADA New Auteurs

In a transitional moment personally and professionally, Juliana knows all too well the value of having a steady gig as a member of Brazil’s working class. After relocating to bustling Contagem to take a municipal job with the endemics department, she and a colorful crew canvas the city’s favelas, eradicating mosquito nests while she awaits the arrival of her husband, whose constant and evolving excuses spell trouble. Yet as Juliana settles in and her new life as a single woman comes into focus, she learns to face her troubled past and to savor those rare, precious little bits of joy — a night spent with a new lover, a welcoming slice of cake from a lonely pensioner — in this rich and absorbing feature from writer/director André Novais Oliveira. – Cedar Sherbert

Born in 1984, André Novais Oliveira has directed the short films FANTASMAS, POUCO MAIS DE UM MÊS and QUINTAL — of which the latter two were selected for Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight) — and the feature ELA VOLTA NA QUINTA, which screened at several international festivals including Rotterdam, and won the Special Jury Prize at BAFICI 2015. TEMPORADA is his second feature.

FiGa Films

Details

Country: Brazil

Year: 2018

Director: André Novais Oliveira

Screenwriter: André Novais Oliveira

Producers: André Novais Oliveira, Gabriel Martins, Maurilio Martins, Thiago Macêdo Correia

Executive Producer: Thiago Macêdo Correia

Director of Photography: Wilssa Esser

Editor: Gabriel Martins

Production Designer: Diogo Hayashi

Music: Pedro Santiago

Cast/Featuring: Grace Passô, Russo Apr, Rejane Faria, Hélio Ricardo

Running Time (minutes): 112 min

Language: Portuguese

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