We saw that Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro was hard at work on a new fourth feature, and now we have the title, cast and minor plot details to share. Titled Outro Lado do Céu (The Other Side of the Sky), Rodrigo Santoro (who we most recently saw in the Venice preemed 7 Prisoners) looks to be part of main players on this fourth feature film by Mascaro who reteams with Desvia Produções’ Rachel Ellis (most recently produced the Quinzaine-selected Légua). Look for this to be ready for a major film fest in 2024. Here is the translated synopsis:
In the name of protecting economic recovery from the threat of future pandemics, the Brazilian Government has created a system of sending anyone over 80 to purpose built colonies for “their wellbeing”. Teresa (77) lives in an industrialized town in the Amazon and is surprised when the age is reduced to 75. She decides to defy her fate and embarks on a journey down the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon, turning this turbulent time into an impulse to fulfill a lifelong dream: to fly. .
The production company are the Desvia folks. Co-producers include Globo Filmes (Brazil), Cinevinay (México), Viking Films (the Netherlands), Quijote (Chile).
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
