The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn't remember the time he spent kept in jail during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He decides to stage a play and, with threads of memory, he improvises the lines with his young cast. Telmo dives into his own history and ends up revealing for himself what, being so painful, he'd rather forget.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Willem DiasScreenplay
- Thiago DottoriScreenplay
- Tata AmaralDirector
Cast
- Carlos Alberto RiccelliTelmo
- Felipe RochaMiguel Jarra
- Georgina CastroMônica
- Pedro LemosFábio
- Júlio MachadoMarcelo
- Maria Helena ChiraJúlia
- Emílio Di BiasiLopes
- Selma EgreiMadalena
- Paula PrettaNina
- Gustavo BrandãoBetão
- Criméia AlmeidaEla mesma (depoimento)
- Rita Maria de Miranda SipahiEla mesma (depoimento)
Themes
dictatorshipmilitary dictatorshipwoman director