Memory House
a JOÃO PAULO MIRANDA MARIA picture
Synopsis
Modern day Brazil, but lost in time. Cristovam, a native Black man from the rural North, moves to a Southern town, a strange sort of Austrian colony, to work in a milk factory. Confronted with xenophobic conservative people, he feels isolated and estranged from the white world.
He discovers an abandoned house, filled with objects and memorabilia reminding him of his origins. He settles in, reconnecting with his roots. As if this memory house were alive, more objects start to appear. Slowly, Cristovam begins a metamorphosis.
For his feature debut, director João Paulo Miranda Maria uses spiritual and fantastical story-telling to encapsulate the social and racial tensions of modern day Brazil.
Memory House is the only Latin American film under the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label.
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Press
« A nuanced look at systemic racism in Brazil »
VARIETY
« Memory House melds past and present, realism and
CINEUROPA
fantasy, to offer a mesmerising symbolic and political
immersion into the Brazilian collective subconscious »
Festivals
& Awards
Cannes 2020 Official Selection
TIFF 2020 Official Selection
San Sebastian - New Directors
Curtas IFF
Bergen IFF
Pacific Meridian IFF
Pingyao IFF
Adelaide IFF
Chicago IFF - Roger Ebert Award
Taipei Golden Horse IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Ljubljana IFF
Stockholm IFF - Winner Best Cinematography
FICCALI Colombia
Cairo IFF - Competition
Turin IFF - Competition
Geneve Black Movie IFF
Kerala IFF - International Competition
Cinelatino (France)
La Havana IFF
Hong Kong IFF
Movies that Matter Festival
Lima IFF - Winner Best Actor Award
Cast & Crew
| Antonio Pitanga | |
|---|---|
| Ana Flavia Cavalcanti | |
| Sam Louwyck | |
| Aline Marta Maia |
| Director | João Paulo Miranda Maria |
|---|---|
| Scriptwriter | João Paulo Miranda Maria |
| Casting | Antonio Pitanga Ana Flavia Cavalcanti Sam Louwyck |
| Director of Photography | Benjamín Echazarreta |
| Editor | Benjamin Mirguet |
| Sound | Léo Bortolin |
| Music | Nicolas Becker |
| Producers | Paula Cosenza Denise Gomes Didar Domehri |
| Production | BeBossa Entertainment (Brazil) Maneki Films (France) |
| With the support of | Aide aux Cinémas du Monde The Hubert Balls Europe Fund The FSA (Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual) Next Step Program from the Critics Week European Work in Progress (Cologne) Paris Coproduction Village (Les Arcs Films Festival) Cine en Construccion (San Sebastian Film Festival) CinéLatino - Rencontres de Toulouse SPCine |
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