Brazil’s Sergio Machado, renowned for lauded dramas “The Violin Teacher” and “Lower City,” debuts his latest film “River of Desire” (“Orio do Desejo”) at Estonia’s 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, where it competes in the official selection.
Produced by Tc Filmes and powerhouse production company Gullane, producer of such acclaimed Brazilian classics as “Carandiru,” “The Second Mother” and “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” “River of Desire” is inspired by the novel “The Brothers” by Brazilian literary prizewinner, Wilton Hatoum. Globo Filmes and Mar Grande are associate producers. Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group handles international sales.
Not unlike his debut feature “Lower City,” winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Youth Award, Machado explores how jealousy and rivalry destroys close bonds. In the case of “River of Desire,” the protagonists are three brothers, instead of two close friends, who tussle over the same woman. It...
Produced by Tc Filmes and powerhouse production company Gullane, producer of such acclaimed Brazilian classics as “Carandiru,” “The Second Mother” and “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” “River of Desire” is inspired by the novel “The Brothers” by Brazilian literary prizewinner, Wilton Hatoum. Globo Filmes and Mar Grande are associate producers. Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group handles international sales.
Not unlike his debut feature “Lower City,” winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Youth Award, Machado explores how jealousy and rivalry destroys close bonds. In the case of “River of Desire,” the protagonists are three brothers, instead of two close friends, who tussle over the same woman. It...
- 11/4/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Gullane Entretenimento presented film as work in progress at Ventana Sur in 2020.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has acquired international sales to Brazilian director Sergio Machado’s Island City in the run-up to the Cannes market in May.
The film was presented by Gullane Entretenimento as a work in progress at Ventana Sur in 2020, since when Cmg has tracked the project through production and post-production.
Based on an original story by contemporary Brazilian writer Milton Hatoum, Island City tells of three brothers who end up living under the same roof with the middle brother’s beautiful new wife
Anaira (Sophie Charlotte) is sensual,...
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has acquired international sales to Brazilian director Sergio Machado’s Island City in the run-up to the Cannes market in May.
The film was presented by Gullane Entretenimento as a work in progress at Ventana Sur in 2020, since when Cmg has tracked the project through production and post-production.
Based on an original story by contemporary Brazilian writer Milton Hatoum, Island City tells of three brothers who end up living under the same roof with the middle brother’s beautiful new wife
Anaira (Sophie Charlotte) is sensual,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Island City,” the latest film from “Lower City” director Sérgio Machado, has been acquired for international sales by Edward Noeltner’s Beverly Hills-based Cinema Management Group. Given a current absence of Brazilian movies selected for the Cannes Festival, the acquisition gives Cmg one of the most awaited of titles coming out of Brazil this year.
It also marks latest title from Brazilian production powerhouse Gullane, whose credits include Cannes Competition players – Hector Babenco’s “Carandiru,” Marco Bellocchio’s “The Traitor” – as well as Sundance winners, such as Anna Muylaert’s “The Second Mother,” and Berlin Panorama laureates, such as Luis Bolognesi’s “The Last Forest.”
Exploring the foibles and failure of manhood, also the focus of “Lower City,” “Inner City” tells what Cmg describes as the “captivating” tale of three brothers who end up living under the same roof as middle brother Dalberto’s sensual new wife, Anaira (Sophie Charlotte...
It also marks latest title from Brazilian production powerhouse Gullane, whose credits include Cannes Competition players – Hector Babenco’s “Carandiru,” Marco Bellocchio’s “The Traitor” – as well as Sundance winners, such as Anna Muylaert’s “The Second Mother,” and Berlin Panorama laureates, such as Luis Bolognesi’s “The Last Forest.”
Exploring the foibles and failure of manhood, also the focus of “Lower City,” “Inner City” tells what Cmg describes as the “captivating” tale of three brothers who end up living under the same roof as middle brother Dalberto’s sensual new wife, Anaira (Sophie Charlotte...
- 4/27/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Bloody Disgusting has (2) DVD copies of Brazilian horror director Dennison Ramalho‘s (Love for Mother Only, Ninjas, ABCs of Death 2 and scriptwriter Coffin Joe‘s last movie, Embodiment of Evil) The Nightshifter for some lucky readers to win. In The Nightshifter, Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares […]...
- 1/9/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Dennison Ramalho's debut feature horror thriller The Nightshifter is out on DVD today, by way of Rlje Films from Shudder. Before you rush out to your local purveyor of cinematic delights Screen Anarchy has three (3) copies to give away to readers in the U.S. this week. Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to The Nightshifter from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. The Nightshifter will be released on January 7, 2020 on DVD. In The Nightshifter, Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless corpses for examination, but he’s never alone. For Stênio can talk to...
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- 1/7/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Shudder's The Nightshifter follows Stenio, who works the graveyard shift—no pun intended—at a morgue. Working among the dead isn't as peaceful as Stenio once thought. Also: release details for both Invasion Nano Sapiens graphic novel from Jackhammer Entertainment and No Sin Unpunished.
The Nightshifter DVD Release Details: "Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to The Nightshifter from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. The Nightshifter will be released on January 7, 2020, on DVD. Directed by Dennison Ramalho (ABCs of Death 2), he co-wrote the script with Cláudia Jouvin (Alone Man) and Marco de Castro (Ninjas). The film stars Daniel de Oliveira (Jean Charles), Fabiula Nascimento (S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 1 & 2), Bianca Comparato (“3%”), and Marco Ricca (Delicate Crime). Rlje Films will release The Nightshifter on DVD for an Srp of $27.97.
In The Nightshifter, Stênio (Oliveira) works the...
The Nightshifter DVD Release Details: "Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to The Nightshifter from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. The Nightshifter will be released on January 7, 2020, on DVD. Directed by Dennison Ramalho (ABCs of Death 2), he co-wrote the script with Cláudia Jouvin (Alone Man) and Marco de Castro (Ninjas). The film stars Daniel de Oliveira (Jean Charles), Fabiula Nascimento (S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 1 & 2), Bianca Comparato (“3%”), and Marco Ricca (Delicate Crime). Rlje Films will release The Nightshifter on DVD for an Srp of $27.97.
In The Nightshifter, Stênio (Oliveira) works the...
- 1/6/2020
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
From Brazilian horror director Dennison Ramalho (Love for Mother Only, Ninjas, ABCs of Death 2 and scriptwriter of Coffin Joe‘s third installment, Embodiment of Evil), The Nightshifter will be released on DVD January 7, 2020, via Rlje Films. In The Nightshifter, Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares […]...
- 1/2/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sometimes the most terrifying crimes aren’t the ones that initially land people in the morgue, but the atrocities that occur in the exam room after they arrive. That’s certainly the case for actor Daniel de Oliveira’s protagonist of Stênio in the new horror movie, ‘The Nightshifter.’ Stênio’s frightening journey of contending with the secrets that […]
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- 12/30/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Brazilian horror director Dennison Ramalho (Love for Mother Only, Ninjas, ABCs of Death 2 and scriptwriter Coffin Joe‘s last movie, Embodiment of Evil) will see their The Nightshifter released on DVD January 7, 2020, via Rlje Films. In The Nightshifter, Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless […]...
- 12/18/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
With the temperature rising outside, Shudder is still giving horror fans plenty of good reasons to stay inside with a good view of the screen this month thanks to the new additions to their streaming slate, including Neil Marshall's Doomsday, Jenn Wexler's The Ranger, the horror anthology V/H/S: Viral, the Spierig Brothers' Predestination, and more.
Below, check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this month, and visit Shudder online to learn more about the streaming service.
"Yes, it’s getting warm outside. But let’s get real—wouldn’t you stay inside and chill with Shudder Originals The Ranger and The Night Shifter, new episodes of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, and Eli Roth’s History of Horror: Uncut podcast?
Programming also available on Shudder Canada where noted.
Shudder Original Movies
The Ranger (2018) — available Thursday, May 9
Director: Jenn Wexler,...
Below, check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this month, and visit Shudder online to learn more about the streaming service.
"Yes, it’s getting warm outside. But let’s get real—wouldn’t you stay inside and chill with Shudder Originals The Ranger and The Night Shifter, new episodes of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, and Eli Roth’s History of Horror: Uncut podcast?
Programming also available on Shudder Canada where noted.
Shudder Original Movies
The Ranger (2018) — available Thursday, May 9
Director: Jenn Wexler,...
- 5/3/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If the dead could talk, what would they say? Would they tell you about their lives, their loves, their losses? Would they tell you what’s on the other side? Would they ask you to reach out to a loved one and tell them goodbye? Or would they bend your ear with a dark secret or two? What if this dark secret was about you? And more importantly, what would you do with this information? This is the story behind The Nightshifter, a raw meat morality tale that’s chock-full of crimson-coated, nerve-jangling scares.
The Nightshifter, the feature-length debut of shorts filmmaker Dennison Ramalho, is the story of Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira), a meek and lowly morgue attendant who works the graveyard shift. At home, he fails at balancing a juvenile delinquent son, a daughter, and a wife who loathes his presence because he reeks of death. In between stitching...
The Nightshifter, the feature-length debut of shorts filmmaker Dennison Ramalho, is the story of Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira), a meek and lowly morgue attendant who works the graveyard shift. At home, he fails at balancing a juvenile delinquent son, a daughter, and a wife who loathes his presence because he reeks of death. In between stitching...
- 10/3/2018
- by Nathan Smith
- DailyDead
Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira), a Brazilian morgue worker, spends his nights talking to the corpses he has laid out on the slab. I guess I can imagine the kind of loneliness that might come along with a job like that, I might take to having conversations with the dead, myself. The crazy thing about Stênio, though, is that the bodies talk back, but only to him. Most of the chatter is gang bangers wanting to get revenge on the thugs that took them out, or some folks not believing they're actually kaput, but once in a while they'll say something interesting, and that's what gets Stênio in trouble. As Stênio rolls into his apartment after a long night at work to finally see his kids,...
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- 8/2/2018
- Screen Anarchy
In a well-worn municipal swimming pool in Brazil, the handsome, popular 33-year-old instructor Rubens (a superb Daniel de Oliveira) takes one of his best pupils, Alex (Luiz Felipe Mello), aside to check in with him. 6-year-old Alex has been morose since the last swim meet where he came second in a race he, and his dourly pushy father Davi (Marco Ricca), expected to win.
Continue reading A Dubious Accusation Catches Fire In Intelligent, Ambivalent, Uncomfortably Topical ‘Liquid Truth’ [Transilvania Review] at The Playlist.
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- 6/17/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
An attractive male swimming instructor is accused of inappropriately kissing a six-year-old boy in Carolina Jabor’s perceptive, handsomely made “Liquid Truth.” Comparisons are inevitable with Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Hunt,” but the topic was hardly exhausted by that one film, and Jabor’s Brazilian take is less focused on the insidiously oppressive social atmosphere, though it hardly shies away from demonizing unproven accusations.
Taking inspiration from a play by Catalan author Josep Maria Miró and Ventura Pons’ 2015 film “Virus of Fear,” screenwriter Lucas Paraizo (“Gabriel and the Mountain”) brings heightened awareness to the pernicious conflation of homosexuality and pedophilia, and while some tightening is in order, “Liquid Truth” delivers a satisfying cinematic experience that resulted in several awards at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, including the audience prize.
Something’s bothering little Alex (Luiz Felipe Mello), but like most six-year-olds, he’s not very verbal. More likely than not,...
Taking inspiration from a play by Catalan author Josep Maria Miró and Ventura Pons’ 2015 film “Virus of Fear,” screenwriter Lucas Paraizo (“Gabriel and the Mountain”) brings heightened awareness to the pernicious conflation of homosexuality and pedophilia, and while some tightening is in order, “Liquid Truth” delivers a satisfying cinematic experience that resulted in several awards at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, including the audience prize.
Something’s bothering little Alex (Luiz Felipe Mello), but like most six-year-olds, he’s not very verbal. More likely than not,...
- 5/31/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – In a story that could be happening right now, Brazilian director Carolina Jabor adapted a stage play into “Liquid Truth,” about a swim teacher (portrayed by Daniel de Oliveira) who experiences a smear campaign by a parent on social media after being accused of being too familiar with of his students.
Lead Actor Daniel de Oliveira and Director Carolina Jabor of ‘Liquid Truth’
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
The very intriguing film keeps the situation vague, as the accusation hangs in the air while the swim teacher ponders his fate, often through actions that would place his guilt or innocence in doubt. The use of the smear campaign online is very relevant, as rumors blow up into blatant incriminations against his character, without proper investigation or trial. The title is a poetic indication of the film’s perspective.
In the following Podtalk, HollywoodChicago.com spoke to director...
Lead Actor Daniel de Oliveira and Director Carolina Jabor of ‘Liquid Truth’
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
The very intriguing film keeps the situation vague, as the accusation hangs in the air while the swim teacher ponders his fate, often through actions that would place his guilt or innocence in doubt. The use of the smear campaign online is very relevant, as rumors blow up into blatant incriminations against his character, without proper investigation or trial. The title is a poetic indication of the film’s perspective.
In the following Podtalk, HollywoodChicago.com spoke to director...
- 10/20/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Directed by Lirio Ferreira, Brazilian feature "Blue Blood" won big at the Rio Film Festival in October 2014, and bows again as the opening night of the 65th annual Berlinale's Panorama sidebar. Official synopsis, and Toh! exclusive trailer, below. Living on an idyllic island paradise, ten-year-old Pedro was separated from his sister Raquel because their mother feared a forbidden attraction between the siblings. Against his will, the boy was sent away to the mainland where he joined a travelling circus. Growing up among a colorful family of circus performers, Pedro transforms into a legendary figure called "Zolah, the Cannon Man." On a circus tour, Zolah – now grown into a handsome and seductive man – returns to the mystical island he was forced to leave behind. Trying to reconnect with his past, he longs for the forbidden love of his lost childhood. The cast includes the popular Brazilian actor Daniel de Oliveira, Caroline Abras,...
- 1/30/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
After becoming drawn to Sao Paulo’s burgeoning red light district in the mid-1950s, Hiroito (Daniel de Oliveira) grows up to snort, shoot, and shag his way through Boca Do Lixo (Sao Paolo’s nightclub, prostitution, and drugs district). As he increasingly indulges in his own product and butts up against competing organised criminals, Hiroito begins to simultaneously unravel and escalate in his violence and criminality.
*****
Boasting “based on a true story” credentials, covering a similar time-frame to Goodfellas and portraying one man’s descent into a way of life that entices him from his youth, this could have been Brazil’s answer to Scorsese’s crime epic. That it isn’t and not by some distance is a shame and the question then becomes one of where the blame should lie.
Hiroito is an enigmatic character, his father brutally murdered (Hiroito may have been responsible, we are never...
*****
Boasting “based on a true story” credentials, covering a similar time-frame to Goodfellas and portraying one man’s descent into a way of life that entices him from his youth, this could have been Brazil’s answer to Scorsese’s crime epic. That it isn’t and not by some distance is a shame and the question then becomes one of where the blame should lie.
Hiroito is an enigmatic character, his father brutally murdered (Hiroito may have been responsible, we are never...
- 4/2/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To mark the release of Boca on DVD and Blu-ray now, we’ve been given three copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray. Boca stars Brazilian cinema legend, Daniel de Oliveira, and is directed by Flavio Frederic.
From the country that brought us intense and gritty cinema such as City of God and Elite Squad comes this thrilling film based on real-life events adapted from the autobiography of gangland boss Hiroito Joanides de Moraes. Hiroito, was infamous as The King of Boca do Lixo (an area downtown São Paulo in the 1950’s notorious for its nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars and drugs).
Following the violent murder of his father, in which he was stabbed over forty times with a razor, Hiroito was arrested and accused of the crime, but ultimately not charged. However two months later, and aged just twenty-one, Hiroito bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo,...
From the country that brought us intense and gritty cinema such as City of God and Elite Squad comes this thrilling film based on real-life events adapted from the autobiography of gangland boss Hiroito Joanides de Moraes. Hiroito, was infamous as The King of Boca do Lixo (an area downtown São Paulo in the 1950’s notorious for its nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars and drugs).
Following the violent murder of his father, in which he was stabbed over forty times with a razor, Hiroito was arrested and accused of the crime, but ultimately not charged. However two months later, and aged just twenty-one, Hiroito bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo,...
- 2/14/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★☆☆ The lavishly produced and stylish crime thriller Boca (2012) - directed by Brazilian filmmaker Flavio Frederico and based on the autobiography of Hiroito, 'The King of Boca do Lixo' - makes for enjoyable viewing. Set amidst the brothels and nightclubs of 1950's São Paulo, Hiroito (Daniel de Oliveira) rises to become one the region's most notorious crime lords, trading in women, drugs and guns. After the death of his father - a crime Hiroito was arrested for but never charged - the self-styled kingpin begins to establish his empire, but soon comes unstuck to drugs and women.
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- 2/14/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Director: Flavio Frederico. Review: Adam Wing. Time for a little history lesson - Boca do Lixo is the popular name given to the Santa Efigênia area between Rua do Triunfo and Rua Vitória, in Luz neighbourhood, downtown Sao Paulo. It’s not the kind of place you would want to raise a family, characterised by seedy nightclubs, drugs, bars and prostitution on every corner. These days - with constant police attention - the crime rate has dropped dramatically, but back in the day Boca do Lixo told a very different story. Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito (Daniel de Oliveira), the king of Boca do Lixo. At the age of 21 Hiroito was accused of murdering his father, who was violently stabbed over 40 times with a razor. Hiroito was never charged, however two months after his father’s death, he bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo,...
- 2/9/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Universal Home Entertainment have sent us the first trailer for their new release, Boca which won the Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards at the Festival do Rio 2010. It stars Daniel de Oliveira, Hermila Guedes, Jefferson Brasil and is Directed by Flavio Frederico and is released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray February 13th. The film is set in Sao Paulo in the 50’s and 60’s and based on the autobiography of Hiroito Joanides de Moraes. The trailer looks fabulous so scroll down to check it out or click here to pre-order your copy.
Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs could be found). Hiroito was a well born bohemian and at the age of 21 was accused of the murder of his father,...
Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs could be found). Hiroito was a well born bohemian and at the age of 21 was accused of the murder of his father,...
- 12/9/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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