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Minha mãe é uma vaca

Orizzonti
Director:
Moara Passoni
Production:
Uvaia Filmes (Sofia Geld, Daniel Liu)
Running Time:
15'
Language:
Portuguese
Country:
Brazil
Main Cast:
Luísa Bastos, Helena Albergaria, Amorosa No, Ana Carolina Guztazaky, Claudio Rodrigues da Silva
Screenplay:
Moara Passoni, Fernanda Frotté
Cinematographer:
Carolina Costa
Editor:
Germano de Oliveira, David Barker, Fernando Epstein, Fernanda Frotté
Production Designer:
Isabela Azevedo
Costume Designer:
Luciana Moscardini Mugayar
Sound:
Ruben Valdes, Daniel Turini
Visual Effects:
Flavio Pedota

Synopsis

Left in her aunt’s care on a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for the touch of her mother’s love. Amidst the volatile natural world and the looming threat of a deadly jaguar, love manifests in unexpected ways.

Director's statement

Minha Mãe é Uma Vaca is set in Brazil’s Pantanal, a wetland now ravaged by illegal fires, often started to clear land for cattle and crops, worsening the climate crisis. This coming-of-age story follows a young girl navigating life in this place. Inspired by my own childhood, when I lived on a farm after my mother’s life was threatened, the film explores themes of fear, life, and self-discovery. Influenced by traditional and Spaghetti Westerns, it’s my “LatinX Western,” where the wetlands symbolise the unknown, and the journey is about confronting death and the first stirrings of desire.

Production/Distribution

PRODUCTION:
Uvaia Filmes
Sofia Geld, Daniel Liu
Rua Simpatia, 288
SP 05436-020, São Paulo, Brazil
Tel. 55 11 981886868
sofia@uvaiafilmes.com, daniel@uvaiafilmes.com
Instagram: @uvaiafilmes

WORLD SALES:
Lights On
Via Juvarra 16
10122, Torino, Italia
Tel. 39 3661812097
lightson@lightsonfilm.org

PRESS OFFICE:
INTERNATIONAL:
See-Through Films, LLC
Kathleen McInnis
620 N Plymouth Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90004
+1 310 733 9805
k.mcinnis@see-throughfilms.com
BRAZILIAN:
Factoria Comunicação
Vanessa Cardoso
Rua Jardim Botânico, 674/412
vanessa@factoriacomunicacao.com
+55 21 98235-8685
@factoriacomunicacao


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