Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Rivers of Dust,” Anna Muyleart’s “Geni and the Zeppelin” and “Pearl Motel,” fromJorge Furtado, feature among potential nine brand new projects announced at the Cannes Festival by Globo Filmes, the theatrical film co-production arm of Brazilian TV giant Globo.
With Mendonça Filho deep in pre-production on political thriller “The Secret Agent,” co-produced by France’s Mk Productions, details on “Rivers of Dust,” save that he will re-team on it with Juliano Dornelles after their 2019 Cannes Jury Prize winner “Bacurau.”
Elsewhere, the new projects speak volumes of Globo Filmes’ current content focus. There’s the broad spectrum. . Titles straddle commercial plays – gay espionage operatives comedy “Special Agents” from Pedro Antônio – “A” list festival plays such as “Rivers” and Geni” and cross-over titles such as sex-laced situation comedy “Pearl Motel.”
Above all, additions to Globo Filmes’ development slate underscore two of its biggest investment priorities.
One is diversity.
With Mendonça Filho deep in pre-production on political thriller “The Secret Agent,” co-produced by France’s Mk Productions, details on “Rivers of Dust,” save that he will re-team on it with Juliano Dornelles after their 2019 Cannes Jury Prize winner “Bacurau.”
Elsewhere, the new projects speak volumes of Globo Filmes’ current content focus. There’s the broad spectrum. . Titles straddle commercial plays – gay espionage operatives comedy “Special Agents” from Pedro Antônio – “A” list festival plays such as “Rivers” and Geni” and cross-over titles such as sex-laced situation comedy “Pearl Motel.”
Above all, additions to Globo Filmes’ development slate underscore two of its biggest investment priorities.
One is diversity.
- 5/16/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Continuing its drive towards local-language titles, Sony Pictures International Productions is co-producing, in association with Cinética Filmes, an adaptation of Zíbia Gasparetto’s best-selling 2002 Brazilian novel Nobody Belongs To Anybody (Ninguém E De Ninguém). Spip has also acquired worldwide distribution rights.
Wagner de Assis (Nosso Lar and Kardec) adapted the screenplay and will direct the transfer. Starring are Carol Castro (Veneza), Danton Mello (Vai Que Dá Certo), Rocco Pitanga (Impuros) and Paloma Bernardi (Aldo: Mais Forte Que O Mundo).
The supernatural thriller brings together two couples — Gabriela (Castro) and Roberto (Mello), and Dr. Renato (Pitanga) and Gioconda (Bernardi). Each lives stable, separate lives until the moment their faith is intertwined. Their stories are filled with empowerment, passion and jealousy both in the present physical form all the way through the afterlife.
“This is a story that talks about aspects that we consider to be extremely relevant to the current...
Wagner de Assis (Nosso Lar and Kardec) adapted the screenplay and will direct the transfer. Starring are Carol Castro (Veneza), Danton Mello (Vai Que Dá Certo), Rocco Pitanga (Impuros) and Paloma Bernardi (Aldo: Mais Forte Que O Mundo).
The supernatural thriller brings together two couples — Gabriela (Castro) and Roberto (Mello), and Dr. Renato (Pitanga) and Gioconda (Bernardi). Each lives stable, separate lives until the moment their faith is intertwined. Their stories are filled with empowerment, passion and jealousy both in the present physical form all the way through the afterlife.
“This is a story that talks about aspects that we consider to be extremely relevant to the current...
- 1/11/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Director: Wagner de Assis Writer: Wagner de Assis Starring: Renato Prieto, Fernando Alves Pinto, Rosane Mulholland, Inez Viana, Rodrigo dos Santos, Werner Schünemann, Clemente Viscaíno, Helena Varvaki, Aracy Cardoso, Selma Egrei Based on the best selling book by the infamous Brazilian medium Chico Xavier, Astral City: A Spiritual Journey tells the story of André Luiz (Renato Prieto), a doctor who experiences a spiritual awakening after he dies. Xavier purportedly wrote Astral City with the guidance of André Luiz's spirit -- who communicated the story to Xavier from the afterlife -- and considering the minute and thorough details revealed in the film, that actually seems as if it could be believable. I will refrain from commenting on that, though... André first wakes up in purgatory, a nightmarish dimension of pain and suffering. In this realm, André is referred to as "a suicide," therefore his purgatorial peers do not believe that he deserves to be saved.
- 12/5/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Release Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Price: DVD $24.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
Renato Prieto (l.) gets spiritual in the afterlife in Astral City.
The ethereal 2010 Brazilian drama film Astral City: A Spiritual Journey tells the story of Andre Luiz (Renato Prieto), a successful doctor who experiences an enlightening spiritual awakening after his death. When he wakes up in the spiritual world, he embarks on a new journey of self-discovery and transformation, from his first days in a dimension of pain and suffering, until he is rescued and taken to the spiritual Astral City, where more experiences await him…
Written and directed by Wagner de Assis and based on the book by spiritual medium Chico Xavier, Astral City contains some undeniably striking art direction and special effects (the kind of high-end stuff that we’ve never before seen in a Brazilian movie). It also features an evocative score by minimalist Philip Glass.
A selection at...
Price: DVD $24.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
Renato Prieto (l.) gets spiritual in the afterlife in Astral City.
The ethereal 2010 Brazilian drama film Astral City: A Spiritual Journey tells the story of Andre Luiz (Renato Prieto), a successful doctor who experiences an enlightening spiritual awakening after his death. When he wakes up in the spiritual world, he embarks on a new journey of self-discovery and transformation, from his first days in a dimension of pain and suffering, until he is rescued and taken to the spiritual Astral City, where more experiences await him…
Written and directed by Wagner de Assis and based on the book by spiritual medium Chico Xavier, Astral City contains some undeniably striking art direction and special effects (the kind of high-end stuff that we’ve never before seen in a Brazilian movie). It also features an evocative score by minimalist Philip Glass.
A selection at...
- 9/20/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Buenos Aires – Elite Squad 2’s record performance – it became Brazil’s most popular film ever, and even eclipsed Avatar at the box office — seems to have encouraged Brazilian film protectionism to take a small step forward.
Presidential decree number 7414, which was made official last Friday, increases the screen quota for exhibition of local films in all Brazilian theaters. The order was one of the last government policies signed by outgoing President “Lula” da Silva before delivering office to Dilma Roussef, the first woman to be elected as Brazil’s head of state, who was sworn in on January 1st.
This type of protectionist policy has been implemented in the Brazilian film industry for decades, but it hadn’t been updated for some years. Since 2007, theaters were obligated to screen local productions for a minimum period of 28 days in the case of one-screen theaters. That number could go as high as 63 days for multiplexes.
Presidential decree number 7414, which was made official last Friday, increases the screen quota for exhibition of local films in all Brazilian theaters. The order was one of the last government policies signed by outgoing President “Lula” da Silva before delivering office to Dilma Roussef, the first woman to be elected as Brazil’s head of state, who was sworn in on January 1st.
This type of protectionist policy has been implemented in the Brazilian film industry for decades, but it hadn’t been updated for some years. Since 2007, theaters were obligated to screen local productions for a minimum period of 28 days in the case of one-screen theaters. That number could go as high as 63 days for multiplexes.
"Inception" by a length!
In yet another down-to-the-wire weekend on the foreign theatrical circuit, Warner Bros.' "Inception" reclaimed the No. 1 overseas box office crown, nosing past the previous champ, independently distributed action title "The Expendables."
What sealed "Inception's" return to box office supremacy was its huge, No. 1 opening in China, which Warners declared was the fourth biggest logged in that market by any non-Chinese title. Five-day tally is estimated by Warners to be $13.6 million thanks to some from 2.6 million admissions clocked at about 3,300 screens.
Director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio has breezed past the $400 million foreign gross mark in eight rounds of offshore release (cume $418.9 million), rolling up $24.4 million on the weekend overall from some 8,200 screens 60 markets.
"Inception" took first place offshore in the opening three weekends of last month while "Expendables" muscled its way to the top on Aug. 22 and Aug. 29.
For its part,...
In yet another down-to-the-wire weekend on the foreign theatrical circuit, Warner Bros.' "Inception" reclaimed the No. 1 overseas box office crown, nosing past the previous champ, independently distributed action title "The Expendables."
What sealed "Inception's" return to box office supremacy was its huge, No. 1 opening in China, which Warners declared was the fourth biggest logged in that market by any non-Chinese title. Five-day tally is estimated by Warners to be $13.6 million thanks to some from 2.6 million admissions clocked at about 3,300 screens.
Director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio has breezed past the $400 million foreign gross mark in eight rounds of offshore release (cume $418.9 million), rolling up $24.4 million on the weekend overall from some 8,200 screens 60 markets.
"Inception" took first place offshore in the opening three weekends of last month while "Expendables" muscled its way to the top on Aug. 22 and Aug. 29.
For its part,...
- 9/6/2010
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From what I understand the English title is The Astral City and seems to incorporates visions of hell and a futuristic society, all based on the astral plane only reachable after death. We just got the heads up on this and I don't know where this came from, but 20th Century Fox is backing it and it looks bloody incredible. You can find more details and a much lengthier synopsis (in English) on the official website. The film is directed by Wagner de Assis and based on the works of Xico Xavier.
Nosso Lar will be released September 3rd in Brazil.
The Astral City is the name of the spirit colony that Andre Luiz describes in this first book of his collection. In this vibrant narrative, the author offers us his observations and discoveries regarding life in the spirit world, acting as a sort of reporter who records his own experiences.
Nosso Lar will be released September 3rd in Brazil.
The Astral City is the name of the spirit colony that Andre Luiz describes in this first book of his collection. In this vibrant narrative, the author offers us his observations and discoveries regarding life in the spirit world, acting as a sort of reporter who records his own experiences.
- 3/24/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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