Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny

(Curupira e a máquina do destino)
Janaina Wagner | Fiction, Experimental

2021 | 25 minutes | Brazil, France

An encounter between the entity Curupira, a queer devil who protects the forests of Brazil, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute.

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Filmed on the roads Transamazônica, BR-319, and the real village of Realidade, in the south of Amazonia, Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny narrates the encounter between the entity Curupira, a queer devil who protects the forests of Brazil, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute.

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Main credits

Wagner, Janaina (film director)
Wagner, Janaina (film producer)
Pereira, Vitória (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Carine Wallauer; editors, Tutan Wang, Janaina Wagner.


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Festivals

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival - Best Short Film; Tiradentes Film Festival; Glasgow Film Festival; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival; Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Janaina Wagner

NATIONALITY: Brazil, France

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Fiction, Experimental

LANGUAGE: Portuguese

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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