Vazante (film)

Vazante
Directed by Daniela Thomas
Produced by Beto Amaral
Maria Ionescu
Sara Silveira
Written by Daniela Thomas
Beto Amaral
Starring Adriano Carvalho
Luana Nastas
Cinematography Inti Briones
Edited by Estevan Schilling
Tiago Marinho
Production
company
Cisma Produções
Dezenove Som e Imagem
Ukbar Filmes
Release date
  • 10 February 2017 (2017-02-10) (Berlin)
Running time
 116 minutes
Country Brazil
Portugal
Language Portuguese

Vazante is a Brazilian-Portuguese historical period drama adventure film about slavery in 1820s Brazil, directed by Daniela Thomas in her feature film debut. The film premiered in the Panorama section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

The trials and tribulations of cattle-owner Antonio following the death of his wife in child birth and marriage to his niece in 1820s Brazil.

Cast

  • Adriano Carvalho as Antonio
  • Luana Nastas as Beatriz
  • Sandra Corveloni as Dona Ondina
  • Juliana Carneiro de Cunha as Dona Zizinha
  • Roberto Audio as Batholomeu
  • Jai Baptista as Feliciana
  • Toumani Kouyaté as Lider
  • Vinícius dos Anjos as Virgílio
  • Fabrício Boliveira as Jeremias
  • Adilson Maghá as Porfírio
  • Geisa Costa as Joana

Release

Vazante premiered in the Panorama section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 86% based on 29 reviews, and an average rating of 7.2/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

The Hollywood Reporter described the film as 'a hushed opera that builds to a shattering climax'.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Press Office (25 January 2017). "Panorama 2017 Programme Complete: Powerful European Auteur Cinema / Three Surprising Indie Gems from China and Hong Kong / Brazil Well-Represented with Five Films". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Film File: Vazante". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vazante (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vazante Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Rooney, David (February 10, 2017). "'Vazante': Film Review - Berlin 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
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