| Director: | Alexandre Moratto |
|---|---|
| Production: | Noruz Films (Ramin Bahrani), O2 Filmes (Fernando Meirelles, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Bel Berlinck), Alexandre Moratto |
| Running Time: | 90’ |
| Language: | Portuguese, French, Spanish, Korean |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Main Cast: | Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruno Rocha, Vitor Julian, Lucas Oranmian, Cecília Homem de Mello, Dirce Thomaz |
| Screenplay: | Thayná Mantesso, Alexandre Moratto |
| Cinematographer: | João Gabriel De Queiroz |
| Editor: | Germano de Oliveira |
| Production Designer: | William Valduga |
| Music: | Filipe Puperi, Rita Zart, Tiago Abrahão |
Cinema
7 Prisioneiros
Orizzonti Extra
Synopsis
To provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca. But when he and a few other boys become trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking, Mateus will be forced to decide between working for the very man who imprisoned him or risk his and his family’s future.
Director’s Statement
Over 40 million people live in enslavement today. As Brazil becomes increasingly unstable politically and economically, practices of enslavement are rebounding, and people from low-income communities are most at risk of being trafficked. For four years, I worked with people from these communities, and I wanted to make a film from their perspective. I was interested in closely observing how my protagonist, Mateus, responds to every turn. Faced with impossible choices in order to survive, he begins to work for his boss, Luca, who reveals another side to modern-day human trafficking that implicates everything and everyone it touches.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: Ramin Bahrani – Noruz Films
PRODUCTION 2: Fernando Meirelles, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Bel Berlinck – O2 Filmes
Rua Baumann, 930 - Vila Leopoldina
SP, 05318-000 - São Paulo, Brazil
http://www.o2filmes.com
PRODUCTION 3: Alexandre Moratto
ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION: Cai Mason – NETFLIX
+31 6 297 292 79
cmason@netflix.com
PRESS OFFICE: Paul Saunter, Lucy Post – DDA PR
7Prisoners@ddapr.com
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Gianluca Pignatelli , Benedetta Lucherini, Daniele Massironi - Studio Lucherini Pignatelli
gianluca@studiolucherinipignatelli.it
benny@studiolucherinipignatelli.it
daniele@studiolucherinipignatelli.it
