It’s Carnival in Rio. A young man wanders through the streets of the city and the remains of the huge cardboard parade floats. Driven by grief over the bankruptcy of his samba school, he’s also haunted by memories of his dead father and a lost love. An impressive cinematic experiment composed of fragments of the present and the past, developed as part cinema, part art installation in the tropical setting of Rio.
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Felipe Bragança
Director
Marina Meliande
Director
Felipe Bragança
Writer
Eduardo Cantarino
Executive Producer
Marina Meliande
Executive Producer
Felipe Bragança
Producer
Marina Meliande
Producer
Tiago Rios
Director of Photography
Guilherme Tostes
Director of Photography
Thiago Amud
Original Music Composer
Marina Meliande
Editor
Elsa Romero
Costume Design
Elsa Romero
Production Design
