Found Memories

Review In her first feature-length film, director Julia Murat has crafted an elegant still life, with all the poignancy and observation implied. --Andrew Lapin, NPR Alluringly shot...Like the honey-laced rum cachaca occasionally imbibed by its old-timer characters, [FOUND MEMORIES] offers a sweetly seductive form of intoxication. A confident and impressive first fiction feature! --Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat s first narrative feature is a mesmerizing, slow-build marvel! --Eric Hynes, Time Out New York Product Description Like every morning, Madalena makes bread for Antonio's old coffee shop. Like every day, she crosses the railways where no trains have passed for years; she cleans up the gate of the locked cemetery, and listens to the priest's sermon before sharing lunch with the other old villagers. Clinging to the image of her dead husband and living in her memories, Madalena is awakened by the arrival of Rita, a young photographer who is arriving in the ghost village of Jotuomba, where time seems to have stopped. A deep relationship is forged between the two women, which gradually builds to have a profound effect on both of their lives, as well as the rest of the villagers. About the Actor Sonia Guedes and Luiz Serra (Madalena and Antonio) are award-winning actors from Sao Paulo s theater scene, having studied at the EAD (Dramatic Arts School) in the fifties and sixties: a classical style of interpretation. During the rehearsals Sonia would always tell stories about her classes in EAD when her interpretation teacher would demand that each syllable of each word be understood by the person sitting on the last chair of the theater. Lisa Favero (Rita) is an actress from the contemporary theater from Rio de Janeiro and is therefore used to a more distanced way of acting, the conscious search of the actors for the scene, the research of different improvisational methods. In the rehearsals with Lisa and Sonia, the first wanted to improvise, while the second wanted to work on the lines. About the Director Julia Murat was born in Rio de Janeiro in November 1979. She graduated from the Rio de Janeiro University in graphic design and at the Darcy Ribeiro film school as a screenwriter. Julia Murat has made short films, experimental videos, commercials and video-installations. Her feature length documentary Dia dos Pais premiered at Cinema du Reel in 2008. She also has extensive experience working as an editor, assistand director and camera assistant. FOUND MEMORIES is her first feature length fiction film.
ASIN: B006G2FK10
VSKU: DBV.B006G2FK10.A
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Author/Artist:Sonia Guedes|Lisa Favero|Julia Murat
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