Short film

Jacaré

2025 · 17 min

A quiet, sunlit coming-of-age short that lingers on small moments of curiosity and change, feeling intimate and true to life.

Directed by: Victor Quintanilha
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pedro Sol Victorino, Fernanda Botelho, Fumassa Alves

Overview: Pedro is a teenager who sells drinks in the traffic on a highway that brings thousands of people to the coast during the summer. Driven by curiosity and desire, he embarks on an adventure that transforms him profoundly.

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Directed by: Victor Quintanilha
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pedro Sol Victorino, Fernanda Botelho, Fumassa Alves

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
class
freedom
family
Places: road trip
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Victor Quintanilha
Written by: Helena Dias, Victor Quintanilha
Starring: Pedro Sol Victorino, Fernanda Botelho, Fumassa Alves, Caio Nery, Julia Bernat, Raphael Najan, Natália Toledo
Runtime: 17 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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