Histórias que só existem quando sembradas (en)

Histórias que só existem quando sembradas
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Chosen in: 

Original version: 

Portugais

First movie: 

Premier film

Director: 

Julia Murat

Country: 

  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • France

Length: 

78 min

Scriptwriter: 

Julia Murat, Maria Clara Escobar, Felipe Sholl

Editor: 

Marina Meliande

Composer: 

Lucas Marcier

Director of photography: 

Lucio Bonelli

Actors: 

Sônia Guedes (Madalena), Lisa Fávero (Rita), Luis Serra (Antonio), Ricardo Merkin (Padre Josias)

Production: 

Coproduction: 

Synopsis : 

Jotuomba is a fictive village, located in the “Vale do Paraíba”, Brasil. In the 1930s, the big coffee estate are going bankrupt and, when the trains stop to circulate, the cities, once rich, become ghost cities. Madalena, the village’s baker lives there, with the memory of her dead husband, who is buried in the city cemetery, now closed. Rita, a young photographer, arrives in Jotuomba looking for trains and she find the fantastic universe of Jotuomba.

Supports: 

Fonds Sud Cinema, aid to the production
Programa Ibermedia, aid to the production and to development
INCAA, aid to the production
Workshop of development of Ibero-American project of Casa America and Fundación Carolina
Laboratório Sesc Rio de Roteiros para Cinema
Workshop Colón of cinematographic project analysis organized by the Fundación TyPA
Co-production meetings of Buenos Aires Lab
Co-production forum Huelva 2008

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Production notes: 

Taiga Filmes e Vídeo es una productora creada por Lucia Murat a principios de los 80, que ha producido las películas: O Pequeno Exército Louco, Que Bom te Ver Viva, Daisy, Doces Poderes, Brava Gente Brasileira, Quase Dois Irmãos, Olhar Estrangeiro, Maré, Nossa História de Amor y Dia dos Pais. Las películas de Taiga recibieran números premios y fueran seleccionados en los festivales más importantes del mundo, como Cannes, Berlin, Toronto.