Screening
Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras)
Sunday, February 3, 2019, 4:30 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room
Dirs. Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra. 2017, 135 mins. Brazil. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra’s second collaboration (after the acclaimed Hard Labor) deftly integrates art-house and genre cinema to create a thrilling and dark gothic fable with sharp social commentary. Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon-to-be-born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans. With powerful visuals and an impeccable cinematography (by Zama’s Rui Poças), Good Manners is Disney meets Jacques Tourneur. The film becomes an unexpected and wild werewolf movie unlike any other, and a poignant social and racial allegory on modern-day Brazilian society.
Winner Best Director 2018, Cinema Tropical Awards
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