Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 79. Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas’ Good Manners

Date:

Good Manners

Director: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas
Writer: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas

Brazilian directing duo Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas made an unnerving first impression with Hard Labor, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2011 (US distributor Kino Lorber thankfully brought it to theaters in October of 2015). Dutra would make two more genre efforts solo, including 2014’s When I Was Alive and 2016’s The Silence of the Sky (co-written by Argentina’s Lucia Puenzo). Rojas is back on board for their next feature, Good Manners, which centers on Clara, a young nurse on the outskirts of Sao Paolo who is hired by Ana as the nanny of her unborn child. The bond between the women becomes strong, so much so, in fact, when Ana’s baby ruthlessly rips its way out of her womb during a full moon, revealing itself to be a werewolf baby, Clara snatches the child and takes it with her to raise it in the neighborhood she grew up in.

Cast: TBA

Production Co./Producer(s): Dezenove Som e Imagem, Good Fortune Films.

U.S. Distributor: Rights available.

Release Date: Although Good Manners sounds a bit more genre infused than their last effort, Dutra and Rojas, currently in post-production could make a return to Cannes in Un Certain Regard or Directors’ Fortnight. However, they’d also be a high profile international nab for SXSW.

[related]Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017[/related]

Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell
Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

Share post:

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Popular

More like this
Related

La cocina | Review

Soap Kitchen: Ruizpalacios Underwhelms & Over Bakes Food Drama Making...

Bonjour Tristesse | Review

Lifestyles of the Rich, Conflicted & Coddled: Dull Vacation...

Most People Die on Sundays | Review

A Month of Sundays: Said Squeezes Magic Out of...