Todos os mortos

Appearances are deceptive: this is not a historical tale, not even a revisionist one. The shift to the end of the 19th century only generates a distance so that the confusing signs of the present can be seen and listened to in a different way. This is indicated by the moments when we suddenly see the characters in this century’s urban landscapes without warning, still in their full 19th-century attire. The continuity of time and space is deliberately symbolic here, as are the two family stories that make up the plot: one involving an aristocratic white family from São Paulo and the other a family of former slaves, which refer to the European and African origins of the Brazilian nation, where class, race, and religious differences persist until today. Misfortune defines both the masters (a mother and her two daughters; one of them a nun, the other with a tendency towards madness) and the servants (a grandmother, a granddaughter, and a great-grandson). The class violence and mutual seduction felt by both families is laid bare in their daily interactions, which are what make up the tale itself. (Roger Koza)

Caetano Gotardo: SAND (2008, K), THE BOATS (2012, K, Ko-Regie), THE MOVING CREATURES (2013), MATÉRIA (2014, K), LET THE STORM (2017, K), YOUR BONES AND YOUR EYES (2018) Marco Dutra HARD LABOR (2011, Ko- Regie), WHEN I WAS ALIVE (2014), THE SILENCE OF THE SKY (2016), GOOD MANNERS (2017, Ko-Regie)
Marco Dutra: HARD LABOR (2011, Ko- Regie), WHEN I WAS ALIVE (2014), THE SILENCE OF THE SKY (2016), GOOD MANNERS (2017, Ko-Regie)