Three Summers
(Três veroes)
Sandra Kogut | Fiction, Drama, Comedy
2020 | 94 minutes | Brazil
Regina Casé will rely on her eye for opportunity in this brilliant comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who never take anything for granted.
Synopsis
Showcasing the rare talents of Brazilian acting legend Regina Casé — star of The Second Mother and TIFF ’00 selection Me You Them — the latest feature from director Sandra Kogut is a brilliant comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who can never take anything for granted. Casé plays Madá, the fifty-something caretaker for a cluster of luxury beachside condos owned by a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family.
Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers — 2015 to 2017 — the film follows Madá as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to the every need of her condescending employers, becomes a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal, and eventually launches a whole new career. With every dizzying new turn of events, Madá manages to retain her high spirits, her sense of loyalty to those who deserve it — and her eagle eye for opportunity.
Written by Kogut and Iana Cossoy Paro, Three Summers is a sort of modern picaresque, its tripartite structure allowing us to track its heroine’s roll-with-the-punches pluck while bearing witness to an epoch-defining scandal based on the real-life criminal investigation Operation Car Wash. Buoyed by masterful comic timing and striking an irresistible balance of naïveté and ceaseless cleverness, Madá is one of the charimatic Casé’s most endearing characters, a beacon of tenacious optimism and vivacity in a time when affluent malfeasance seems ubiquitous.
Reviews
"Kogut, who co-wrote the script with Iana Cossoy, displays a keen eye for satirizing Brazil's rigid class structures and how people like Madá try to find their own piece of the pie within them." — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
Citation
Main credits
Kogut, Sandra (film director)
Kogut, Sandra (screenwriter)
Paro, Iana Cossoy (screenwriter)
Casé, Regina (actor)
Froes, Gisele (actor)
Fróes, Rogério (actor)
Muller, Otávio (actor)
Maia, Marcello Ludwig (film producer)
Lavolé, Laurent (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Ivo Lopes Araújo; editing, Luisa Marques, Sérgio Mekler; music, Berna Ceppas.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Economics + Social Class Issues
Family
Labor Studies
Sociology
South America
Women
Keywords
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Festivals
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - Best Actress; Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival - Best Actress; Málaga International Film Festival - Best Actress
DIRECTOR: Sandra Kogut
NATIONALITY: Brazil
YEAR: 2020
GENRE: Fiction, Drama, Comedy
LANGUAGE: Portuguese
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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