Jonathas' Forest

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Jonathas' Forest
Jonathas' Forest Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySergio Andrade
Written bySergio Andrade
Produced bySergio Andrade
StarringBegê Muniz
Francisco Mendes
Ítalo Castro
Viktoria Vinyarska
Socorro Papoula
CinematographyYure Cesar
Edited byFábio Baldo
Music byIan Fonseca
Production
company
Rio Tarumã Films
Distributed byVitrine Filmes (Brazil)
BildKraft (Germany)
Release date
  • October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08)(Festival do Rio)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Jonathas' Forest (Portuguese : A Floresta de Jonathas) is a 2012 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Sergio Andrade.

Contents

The film premiered at the Festival do Rio, where participated in the competitive exhibition of Première Brazil. [1]

Plot

Jonathas lives with his parents and his brother, Juliano, at a small farm in the rural areas of Amazonas. The brothers meet Milly, a visitor from Ukraine, and the indigenous Kedassere. The group decides to spend the weekend in a camping. Even against paternal wishes, seduced by Milly and through the woods, Jonathas takes on the most transformative of his journeys. [2]

Cast

Production

Development

The director Sergio Andrade said that the great challenge of the film was to show the Amazon by a perspective beyond the stereotypes. "People who aren't from here look here thinking that is a place very exotic, very mystical, and I wanted to unravel what really is our forest," he said. [3]

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References

  1. "A Floresta de Jonathas". Adoro Cinema. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. "A Floresta de Jonathas". Ancine. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. "Longa 'A Floresta de Jonathas' tem pré-estreia com elenco em Manaus". G1. Retrieved 6 January 2014.