International Features Competition
Azougue Nazaré
Brazil, 2018, 82 min, drama
Portuguese, subtitles English, French
Swiss Premiere
The carnival is on. The spirits of the former slaves swarm into the sugarcane fields. Catita dances and sings the Maracatu under the disapproving gaze of his Evangelist wife. A fevered ode to rural Brazil and the insane beauty of its ancestral rites.
Director
Tiago Melo
Producers
Leonardo Sette, Lucinda Filmes, Urânio Filmes
Writers
Jeronimo Lemos, Tiago Melo
Actors
Mohana Uchôa, Edilson Silva, Joana Gatis, Mestre Barachinha, Valmir do Côco
Camera
Gustavo Pessoa
Music
Mestre Anderson, Tomaz Alves Souza
Editor
André Sampaio
Sound
Guga S. Rocha
Production design
Ananias de Caldas