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Marias

2024 · 80 min

A quiet, searching journey that feels like piecing together a forgotten life, patient and reflective, with a lingering sense of loss and quiet resolve.

Directed by
Ludmila Curi
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Maria de Jesus Machado, Juvenal Silva, Maria dos Milagres Silva
Overview
Marias is a road movie that travels through Brazil and Russia in search of a woman that took part in great moments of the last century and had been made invisible by machismo and political persecution.

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Directed by
Ludmila Curi
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Maria de Jesus Machado, Juvenal Silva, Maria dos Milagres Silva
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • memory
    • gender
    • politics
    • isolation
    Places
    • road trip
    • countryside
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Ludmila Curi
    Written by
    Ludmila Curi
    Starring
    Maria de Jesus Machado, Juvenal Silva, Maria dos Milagres Silva, Dielson Brandão, Mariana Pereira Soares, Letícia Souza, Luís Carlos Prestes, Dilma Rousseff
    Cinematography
    Léo Bittencourt, Andréa Capella
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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