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Your Cavalcantisecond feature film of Leonardo Laccadebut in theaters this Thursday, September 11th. The film has the director’s grandfather as a protagonist and is the result of nearly 20 years of work, including documentary records, fictional scenes, editing, voiceovers and even special effects.

What is it about?

Your Cavalcanti It is a family “document” that presents us Your Cavalcantia man over 90 who, after suffering a great contrary, tries to regain his independence and prestige in society. Lacca explains: “I made sure of the concern to define whether it is a documentary or fiction. My focus was on the character, in the narrative. Although it is a story with my grandfather, I wanted to create a universal movie.“

Leonardo Lacca started filming your Grandfather in 2003, when he had access to a university borrowed camera. Since then, whenever an opportunity arose, it had registered moments with Your Cavalcanti. “He began to notice the camera and accepted it as part of our routine“The director recalls. Over time, his grandfather became an active collaborator and actor of his own history. Even after his death, in early 2016, the project followed, with the absence of Your Cavalcanti being incorporated into the narrative.

“It was crazy to turn 20 years into a movie… the montage was a slow, natural, free and much discovery process“ Lacca. The edition, conducted by Luiz Pretti and Ricardo Prettioccurred over ten years, in several stages and cities, such as Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. When they started working together in 2012, there were 20 hours of material in minidv and other formats. At the end of the process, this volume almost tripled.

Initially produced independently by Trincheira Filmes, the project was gaining new partners with time. Emilie Lesclaux and Kleber Mendonça Filho, from Cinemascope Produções, and Mannu Costa, from Plan 9, joined production, contributing to resources and artistic experience. “These collaborations not only provided resources for a quality finish, but also brought a richness of vision to the project“, It highlights Lacca.

Who’s in the cast?

In addition to Your Cavalcantiprotagonist of the film, and its daughters, Tereza Cavalcanti and Isabel Novaesthe cast has the special participation of the actress MAEVE JINKINGS (Coal), which contrasts with the director’s grandfather in makeshift scenes filmed in 2013. Lacca and Maeve met during the preparation of the cast of The sound aroundfrom Kleber Mendonça Filhoand have built a friendship since then. “It was an honor for me to witness and eternalize these relationships through cinema“, Comments the actress.

The cast also includes Tânia MariaPotiguar actress who became known for the staff “What clothes is this, boy?“, in Bacurau. Invited after the preparation of the cast, she participates in one of the scenes of the feature with her already spontaneous feature and is also featured in The secret agent.

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