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Brazilian Bonanza
Titles range from fest-selected ‘Betânia,’ ‘Cidade; Campo,’ ’Shikun’ to new pics by Carolina Markowitz, Aly Muritiba and Fernando Coimbra.
A Sundance hit, helmer-scribe Pedro Freire’s tale about Malu, an unemployed actress in a Rio de Janeiro slum whose memories of her past fame helps her cope with the strained relationship with her daughter and a conservative mother. By Muritaba, director of hit Prime Video series “Cangaço Novo,” project turns on Damião, a young black priest who arrives in Nova Éden, a village in southern Brazil. Inspired by Eugène Ionesco’s play, the film, an allegory, shot in Israel depicts the rise of intolerance and totalitarianism among the diverse residents of a social housing building, a shikun.
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