When My Life
- Carolina Markowicz
- Brésil, Argentine
- 120 min
- Films in Progress 41 / Toulouse 2022
In a Brazil, where violence and harshness have a free pass, a rural family accepts the proposal of an international organization led by an Argentine woman to “host” a foreign guest. However, none of the family members, and to a lesser extent the guest himself, see their expectations fulfilled. When My Life is a deadpan portrait of how the naturalization of the absurd is the new normal.
Photo credit: © Pepe Mendes
Carolina Markowicz
Carolina MARKOWICZ est une scénariste et réalisatrice basée à São Paulo (Brésil). Avant Carvão, son premier long-métrage, elle a écrit et réalisé 6 courts-métrages sélectionnés dans de nombreux de festivals tels que Cannes, Locarno, Toronto… Son court The Orphan a été présenté en première à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs et a remporté la Queer Palm à Cannes en 2018.
Filmography
2019 – Spit – Court-métrage
2018 – El Huérfano – Court-métrage
2014 – Tatuapé Mahal Tower
Production notes
Superfilmes is an independent production company from São Paulo, Brazil. Among the feature films produced (half of them Operas Primas), we highlight La Casa de Alicia, by Chico Teixeira (Berlinale/Panorama). We have been working on When My Life since 2017, building valuable co-productions (Biônica Filmes and Ajimolido Films). Carolina is an original voice for all screens. The film’s moral elasticity is a metaphorical extension of human relationships, a topic of great interest, for us.
Support
“Doctoring Spcine” – Funds for audiovisual filmmaking 2017, Mercosur Audiovisual coproduction Meeting – Florianopolis – Brazil 2017, Ibermedia for the Development 2018, CineMart – IFFRotterdam 2018, 3 Puertos Cine (Chile and Mexico), AUSTRALAB’s development workshop with the support of IFFRotterdam 2018, FSA (Funds for the Audiovisual Sector) – Brazil 2019, INCAA’s automatic investments help for feature-film production – Argentina 2019, Ibermedia coproduction 2019, SPCINE/FSA – Regional accords – Investment program dedicated to help complete the production of feature films, Volta oas Sets – Fund Show me the fund – Proyecto Paradiso – Brazil 2021, First cut Lab Paradiso – Brazil 2022, Films in Progress – Toulouse 2022
- Original title
- Quando minha vida
- Direction
- Carolina Markowicz (Premier film)
- Country
- Brésil, Argentine
- Scenario
- Carolina Markowicz
- Picture
- Pepe Mendes
- Cutting
- Lautaro Colace
- Actors
- Maeve Jinkings (Irene), Cesar Bordón (Miguel), Jean Costa (Jean)
- Awards
PRIX DES DISTRIBUTEUR·TRICES ET EXPLOITANT·ES EUROPÉEN·NES Cinélatino 2022
PRIX WIP PARADISO Cinélatino 2022
- Production
- Cinematográfica Superfilmes
- Coproduction
- Biônica Filmes, Ajimolido Films