Theaters will receive four large premieres and seven more limited releases this Thursday (8/11). The main title is the horror “X – The Mark of Death”, one of the most praised films of the genre in 2022, which will contest audiences with the survival thriller “The Beast”, in which Idris Elba faces a lion to save the his daughters. .
Other highlights include two other fathers-and-daughters productions set in Brazil: the award-winning drama “Pacificado”, about a family on the fringes of drug trafficking during the Rio Cup, and the comedy “Papai É Pop”, starring Lázaro Ramos, a themed production that uses the date of Father’s Day (which falls on Sunday 14/8) to reach the screens.
It is worth pointing out / regretting that “Pacificado” is not one of the four general previews. Another horror, “Evil Twin”, hits multiple screens.
Check out all 11 scheduled previews below.
| X – THE SIGN OF DEATH |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF9EhNvKbpo
The new horror directed by Ti West (“Hell’s Cabin 2”) comes six months after its lauded US debut, with 95% approval on Rotten Tomatoes. It has been so successful that it has already confirmed a prologue starring one of the protagonists.
The “X” in the title refers to the US rating for R-rated films. Set in the 1970s, the film follows an adult film crew, who rents a house in rural Texas from a seemingly docile elderly couple, to use. as a setting for their new production. But the elders are not innocent and the place is a trap, turning porn production into a bloodthirsty slasher terror, with crocodile attacks and sadistic murders.
The cast includes Mia Goth (“Nymphomaniac”) in a double role (as a porn star and a decrepit old lady), Jenna Ortega (“Scream”), Martin Henderson (“Virgin River”), Brittany Snow (“Pitch Perfect”), Owen Campbell (“The Invisible Woman”), Stephen Ure (“Mortal Engines”) and Scott Mescudi (better known as rapper Kid Cudi, seen in “Don’t Look Up”).
| THE BEAST |
Idris Elba (“Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw”) battles an angry lion in this “monster movie” themed variation. The plot shows how a family vacation in the African savannah turns into a survival thriller, when the widower played by Elba must protect his daughters from the attack of a wild lion, which leaves a trail of death along the way.
In the production, Elba plays Dr. Nate Samuel, who travels to South Africa to strengthen his bond with daughters Norah (Leah Jeffries, who will be in “Percy Jackson”) and Meredith (Iyana Halley, from “This Is Us” ) after the death of his wife, the young man’s mother. During a guided tour (by Sharlto Copley, from “District 9”), however, the family finds themselves chased by a wild lion, whose protective instincts were fueled by a poaching attack moments before.
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur (“Everest”) and scripted by Ryan Engle (“Rampage – Total Destruction”), “A Fera” will debut in Brazil a week before its US release.
| PACIFIED |
A co-production between Brazil and the United States, shot in Rio de Janeiro, the dramatic favela won the Golden Conch trophy for best film at the prestigious San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain.
The film follows the story of a 13-year-old girl (Cassia Gil) who tries to reconnect with her father (Bukassa Kabengele), who was released from prison in the turbulent time of the Rio Olympics. As the “peaceful” police battle to occupy the favelas around the city, the family (which includes Débora Nascimento’s mother) must juggle the forces that threaten their hopes for the future, as the father plans to resume his place in the drug trafficking. occupied by a young man (José Loreto).
In addition to the best film, “Pacificado” won two other trophies at the Spanish festival. Bukassa Kabengele, a Brazilian naturalized Congolese, was awarded as best actor. He is known on Brazilian TV for his performances in series such as “Carcereiros”, “Os Dias Eram Assim” and even “Malhação”. The other award went to Laura Merians Gonçalves, Best Director of Photography for her first feature film, after a career in Icelandic pop shorts, series and videos (Bjork, Sigur Ros).
The film is directed by American Paxton Winters, who took over the project after moving to a favela in the capital Rio de Janeiro. Another detail is that, among the producers, the name of director Darren Aronofsky (“Noé”, “Mother!”) Stands out.
| DADDY IS POP |
The comedy features actor Lázaro Ramos learning to be a father. He plays Tom, a normal man who sees his life change with the birth of his daughter. Alongside his wife Elisa (Paolla Oliveira), he needs to concretely learn how to take care of the little child and, in the midst of the situations of everyday life, undergo a radical transformation to become a current father.
Based on the book of the same name by Marcos Piangers, the film shows the difference between theory and practice in relation to authorship – and delves into teaching. The screenplay is by Ricardo Hofstetter (“Malhação”) and directed by Caito Ortiz (from the funny “O Robo da Taça”).
| BAD TWIN |
The feeble Finnish horror features Australian Teresa Palmer (“The Discovery of the Witches”) as a mother facing an unbearable truth about her son. After mourning a tragic accident in which one of her twins lost his life, she moves with her surviving husband and child to a small town, thousands of miles from where they lived. But what was supposed to be a new beginning turns into a nightmare when she realizes that her son has dark secrets and the forces of evil try to dominate him.
| THE FATE OF HAFFMANN |
The French drama takes place in Paris during the Nazi invasion. When a Jewish jeweler is forced to flee, he makes a false deal to sell his shop with an employee to save his business. But he cannot escape the siege, being forced to hide in a basement and work for the former employee, who starts doing business with the Nazis to produce new pieces from the jewels of the death camp victims. The moral fable is directed by Fred Cavayé, nominated for a César (French Oscar) for “Everything for her” (2008).
| TRANSPARENT SOLE |
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s first feature film, born in Sweden but raised in Costa Rica, follows the sexual and mystical awakening of Clara, a 40-year-old woman in a remote Costa Rican village, who embarks on a journey to free herself from religious repression and by the social factors that dominated his life. Last year she won three awards at the Sao Paulo Film Festival, including Best Picture and Actress, also making her debut with Wendy Chinchilla Araya.
| THE HOLE |
Slow and practically without dialogue, Michelangelo Frammartino’s new film (“I quattro giri”) is cited for the beauty of its images. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, he contrasts the news of the construction of the tallest building in Europe in Milan, in the 1960s, with the discovery of the deepest cave on the continent in the interior of Calabria. As cavers explore the depths of the Bifurto Abyss, an old shepherd from a nearby village begins to find his lonely entanglement with the group’s journey.
| THE BATTLE OF SHANGRI-LA |
Produced and shot in Mato Grosso, the debut drama by directors Severino Neto and Rafael de Carvalho tells about intolerance and its consequences. After the death of his adoptive father, the protagonist (Gustavo Machado) searches for the biological mother who abandoned him almost 40 years ago. On a physical and emotional journey through a deep Brazil, this woman’s past gradually emerges, raising anxieties and revelations that will affect their lives forever. It won the Arctic Film Festival, the northernmost film festival in the world, held in a frozen Norwegian archipelago.
| THE REFLECTION OF THE LAKE |
Filmed in black and white, Fernando Segtowick’s documentary investigates the situation in Tucuruí, in the state of Pará, where 40 years ago the military dictatorship built the largest hydroelectric plant in the Amazon. It was screened at the Berlin Film Festival and Kosovo’s Dokufest in 2020.
| A-HA – TRUE NORTH |
A-ha’s musical feature follows a narrative with actors portraying life in the Arctic Circle, while Magne, Morten and Paul perform their new songs in Bodø, Norway, accompanied by the orchestra of the Arctic Philharmonic. Directed by Stian Andersen, who had previously directed a solo video of singer Morten Harket.
Source: Terra
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