Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (2013)

Revolves around the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years, through Brazil's colonization, slavery, military regime and the future, in 2096, in the midst of wars for water.

Directors:

Luiz Bolognesi, Jean Cullen De Moura

Writers:

Luiz Bolognesi, Marcos Cesana (script contribution)

Stars:

Selton Mello, Camila Pitanga, Rodrigo Santoro

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Selton Mello	...	Abeguar (voice)
Camila Pitanga	...	Janaína (voice)
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Piatã / Junior (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carlos Alayeto	...	Cheif Plata (voice)
Paula Barros	...	Janaina (voice)
Rosa Maria Rodrigues Baróli	...	Reporter Woman (voice)
Laís Bodanzky	...	Passageira (voice)
Carolina Bodanzky Bolognesi	...	Youngest Daughter (voice)
Maria Bodanzky Bolognesi	...	Hermes Pereira Baroli (voice)
Thiago Brisolla	...	Militant #4 (voice)
Rogério Brito	...	Don Cosme / Additional Feijao (voice)
Hernan Chavarro	...	Junior (voice)
José Eduardo Monteiro De Carvalho	...	Agatha Pauliya Martins (voice)
Pedro Alcântara Machado De Vasconcelos	...	Janaina's Son (voice)
Júlia Yamaguchi Ferreira	...	Eldest Daughter (voice)

Storyline

In 1566, in Guanabara, the Tupinambá warrior Abeguar is in love with Janaína. When a jaguar attacks Abeguar and Janaína, he jumps off a cliff with her and he flies. The shaman advises Abeguar that he was the chosen one by the god Munhã to lead his tribe and fight against the evil Anhangá. When the tribe leader Piatã joins the French in the fight against the Portuguese, the entire Tupinambás are slaughtered and Abeguar turns into a bird that flies for more than two hundred years to find Janaina. In 1825, the warrior is Manuel Balaio that lives with Janaína and their two daughters in Maranhão. When one of his daughters is raped by the abusive police commander, Balaio leads the oppressed locals against the police and they take down the Caxias city. The government sends Duque de Caxias and his troops that vanquish the rebels and Balaio turns into a bird again that flies for more than one hundred and forty years to find Janaína again. In 1968, in Rio, the warrior is Cau, but Janaína is a ...

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Plot Keywords:

brazilian history | science | technology | brazilian science fiction | brazilian military dictatorship | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | History | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first Brazilian animated feature film to win the Cristal of Best Feature at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

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Quotes

Immortal Warrior: Living without knowing the past is like walking in the dark.

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Soundtracks

Primeira Festa - First Party
Percussion by Pupillo
Viola and Fiddle by Sérgio Siba Veloso

User Reviews

A beautifully animated picture about life, love and fury

I don't write reviews often, but this is one movie that compelled me to write something; if not for the sake of this film being more than just ambitious, but for the sake of this film daring to be an homage to love, cynicism and the brutal reality of oppression.

For people privileged enough to not have to deal with the everyday worries of living under an oppressive regime, this movie may fall on deaf ears. However, anyone who struggles in their day-to-day lives under institutions setup to disrupt and disparage the average person into existing to survive and surviving to exist, you'll easily and quickly recognize that this movie works on so many parallels to real life that it feels less like an animated feature and more like a retelling of all the historical atrocities that remind us why it's important to never forget history.

There's no point in trying to review the story of Rio 2096 because the story itself is linear only in the sense that it follows a single soul through a series of different time periods; everything else about the film is non-linear and almost more like a series of short films wrapped in a single film about how little an individual person is in the grand scheme of society's perceived image (and the realities) of oppression.

Take note that this film pulls no punches. It's violent and sexually charged, making it highly unsuitable for younger audiences. However, this is a very poignant film that speaks volumes about the necessity of standing by the virtue of fortitude, even when it seems like the results are infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things.

This is a brilliant film that speaks on many levels.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Brazil]

Country:

Brazil USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

7 February 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rio 2096

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$145,613

Company Credits

Production Co:

Buriti Filmes, Gullane, Cinemation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min 74 min (Color)

Color:

Color Color (DCP)

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD