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Berlin Competition Entry ‘The Blue Trail’ Reveals First Clip, Gabriel Mascaro Talks Ageism in Cinema: ‘Elderly Bodies Are Tied to a Nostalgia for Life’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gabriel Mascaro talks Amazon-set dystopian drama 'The Blue Trail' and 'beautiful' creative relationship with 'Love Actually' star Rodrigo Santoro
“The Blue Trail” takes place in a near future Brazil where the government relocates the elderly to senior housing colonies so the younger generations can fully focus on productivity and growth. “In creating the world of the film, we came up with things like the Wrinkle Wrangler, a car that fetches elderly people from the streets like a dog catcher taking strays to the pound. Speaking on why he decided to set the film in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the director emphasizes how he tried to look at the region not as “the romantic ideal of preservation but within the contradictions of contemporary culture.”
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