Considered one of Brazil’s best directors, Mendonca also wrote the screenplay for the film, which also stars Udo Kier, Gabriel Leone, and Maria Fernanda Candido.

The feature film, which will be screened at the centrally located Yara Cinema, is a co-production between Brazil and France and follows Marcelo, a teacher caught up in the political turmoil of the final years of the military dictatorship in Brazil.

The year is 1977, and the 40-year-old protagonist, fleeing his mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but soon realizes that the city is far from the refuge he is seeking for. The film had its world premiere on May 18 of this year in the main competition of Cannes International Film Festival, where it was met with great acclaim.

It went on to become the most awarded film of the festival, winning the Best Actor award for Moura, the Best Director award for Mendonca, as well as the Art House Film Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film.

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