Official Selection - Out of Competition · 46th Edition
The Blue Trail
O ÚLTIMO AZUL
Director
Gabriel Mascaro
Country
Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands
Runtime
1 h 26 min
Language
Portuguese
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Tereza, 77, has lived her whole life in a small industrialized town in the Amazon, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to "enjoy" their final years, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfill one last wish before her freedom is taken away—a decision that will change her destiny forever.
Cast
Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarrás, Adanilo
Screenplay
Gabriel Mascaro, Tibério Azul
Producers
Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
About the Director
He was born in Brazil in 1983 and is based in Recife. His films have won over 50 international awards. Neon Bull was selected as one of the Top 10 Best Films of 2016 by “The New York Times”. In the same year, his work was presented in a retrospective at the Lincoln Center in New York. In 2019, his film Divine Love screened in Panorama at the Berlinale.
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