Temporada

Juliana is moving from Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem to work as an agent on the combat against endemics in the region. On her new job, she meets people and lives unusual situations that starts changing her life. At the same time, she faces difficulties on the relationship with her husband, who is about to move as well to the big city.

André Novais Oliveira

Titulaire d’un diplôme en histoire de l’Université Catholique de Minas Gerais et en cinématographie à l’École Libre de Cinéma de Belo  Horizonte, André Novais Oliveira a réalisé les courts-métrages Fantasmas, Poco más de un mes et Quintal (ces derniers ont été sélectionnés à Cannes par la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) et le long- métrage Ela volta na Quinta, qui a reçu le prix spécial du jury au BAFICI 2015. Il est membre fondateur de Filmes de Plástico (2009) avec Gabriel Martins, Maurilio Martins et Thiago Macêdo Correia.

Filmography

2015 – Quintal – fiction – 20 min.
2014 – Ela volta na quinta – fiction – 108 min.
2013 – Pouco mais de um mês – fiction – 23 min.

Production notes

Filmes de Plástico was created in 2009 by André Novais Oliveira, Gabriel Martins,  Maurilio Martins and Thiago Macêdo Correia. It specialized in independent  films build around complex characters, usually marginalized by society, proposing a more human  and possible portray of the periphery in Brazil. Its films were selected and awarded in  several film festivals, such as Cannes (three times at Directors’ Fortnight), IFFR,  FIDMarseille, BAFICI,  Durban, Melbourne, IndieLisboa and Clermont-Ferrand.

Support

The film was funded by Minas Gerais local “Filme em Minas”, in partnership with Ancine’s Sectorial Funds (FSA).

Original title
Temporada
International title
Long way home
Direction
André Novais Oliveira
Country
Brésil
Année
2018
Scenario
André Novais Oliveira
Picture
Wilssa Esser
Cutting
Gabriel Martins
Actors
Grace Passô (Juliana), Russo APR (Russão), Rejane Faria (Lúcia), Juliana Abreu (Jaque), Renato Novaes (Jairo), Hélio Ricardo (Hélio)
Spoken language
Array
Production
Filmes de Plástico