On the banks of the river Tajapuru which borders Marajó island in Pará (central northern Brazil), there where the Amazon flows into the ocean, documentarist Marianna Brennand has embarked on a lengthy research project on the entrenched practices of sexual violence against adolescent girls. This first switch from documentary to fiction finds its perfect counterpoint in the change in how 13-year-old Tielle – no longer a child but not yet an adolescent – sees her life, which has thus far meant swimming with her brothers and sisters, games with her schoolfriends, telenovelas and the compulsory stop-offs at the church. The film, like the river, spreads out over the marshes, sensitively and uncompromisingly exploring a body faced with the signs of unspeakable disruptions, but opens up the path to a painful and resilient awareness. JB
SCREENINGS
NANTES
KATORZA
SAT 16 > 10:30am
WED 20 > 8:45pm · in the presence of the film producer Carolina Benevides
THU 21 > 3:45pm · in the presence of the film producer Carolina Benevides (+Q&A)
