Futuro Beach opens in Los Angeles

Karim Aïnouz's visually stunning PRAIA DO FUTURO

Opens at Sundance Sunset Cinemas in West Hollywood

Starting Friday April 17th, 2015

★★★★★ "Brilliant filmmaking. Visually tense and ceaselessly exhilarating.
Jesuita Barbosa is a revelation."-- Georges Aintablian

 

When Brazilian lifeguard Donato (Wagner Moura) fails to save a swimmer from drowning, he seeks out the victim's friend Konrad (Clemens Schick), a handsome German biker. The two men begin a passionate affair, and Donato soon decides to follow Konrad to Berlin. Years later, their seemingly peaceful life is threatened by a visitor from Donato's past. Director Karim Aïnouz (MADAME SATÃ) delivers a visually stunning, emotionally resonant tale about three men struggling across oceans of love, loss, and heartache.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

 

64th Berlin Film Festival    *    Frameline 38 San Francisco    *    OutFest 2014 Los Angeles

 

 

 

FUTURO BEACH (Praia do Futuro) - Brazil/Germany (2014)
107 min - German and Portuguese with English subtitles 

Directed by: Karim Aïnouz

Screenplay: Karim Aïnouz, Felipe Bragança

Music: Volker Bertelmann

Satrring: Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, and Jesuita Barbosa

 

 

 

Casa Grande opens in Brazil

Highly recommended Brazilian film Casa Grande, after touring the film festival circuits around the world, finally opens in Brazil on April 16th, 2015.

 

Audience Award winner Best Film at Festival do Rio 2014

★★★★ "One of the very best Brazilian films ever made in the last decade."
-- Georges Aintablian

Brazil - 2014 - 117 min - Portuguese

Directed by: Fellipe Barbosa

Cast:

Thales Cavalcanti, Marcello Novaes, Suzana Pires, Alice Melo, Bruna Amaya, Clarissa Pinheiro

	Seventeen years old Jean is growing up in the elite district of Rio, with its private schools, drivers and housekeepers. While he tries to escape from his over-protective parents, they keep their approaching bankruptcy secret. This beautifully shot and naturally played coming-of-age film provides a clear picture of class differences and racism in Brazil. Casa Grande is Fellipe Barbosa's feature film debut following his documentary film Laura in 2011.