Transamazonia

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Transamazonia
Directed by Pia Marais
Screenplay by
  • Pia Marais
  • Willem Droste
Produced by
  • Sophie Erbs
  • Tom Dercourt
  • Pierrick Baudouin
  • Murielle Thierrin
  • Claudia Steffen
  • Christoph Friedel
  • Jean-Marc Fröhle
  • Stefano Centini
  • Chuti Chang
  • Camilo Cavalcanti
  • Viviane Mendonça
  • Jorane Castro
  • Pia Marais
  • Alex C. Lo
  • Guilherme Cezar Coelho
  • Fernando Loureiro
Starring
CinematographyMathieu de Montgrand
Edited by
  • Matthieu Laclau
  • Yann-Shan Tsai
Music byLim Giong
Production
companies
  • Cinéma Defacto
  • Gaïjin
  • Aldabra Films
Release date
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
Languages

Transamazonia is a 2024 internationally coproduced coming-of-age film directed by Pia Marais with a screenplay written by Marais and Willem Droste. [1] [2] The film stars Helena Zengel as the daughter of an American missionary in the Amazon rainforest, played by Jeremy Xido, who claims that his daughter is a faith healer. [3]

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Premise

As a child, Rebecca is rescued from a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest by a member of a nearby Indigenous tribe. Now a teenager, she is well known in the area as her father, American missionary Lawrence Byrne, claims that she is a faith healer. Rebecca's misgivings about her situation are compounded by the arrival of illegal loggers poised to disrupt the local way of life. [3]

Cast

Production

Principal photography for Transamazonia took place in July 2023. [2] The film was presented as a work in progress at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion that September. [5]

Release

Transamazonia premiered on 12 August 2024 at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Leopard. The film was also selected for the Main Slate section of the 2024 New York Film Festival. [3]

Reception

Accolades

AwardCeremony dateCategoryRecipient(s)Ref.
Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard Nominated [1]

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References

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