Transamazonia

Transamazonia
Directed byPia Marais
Screenplay by
  • Pia Marais
  • Willem Droste
Produced by
  • Sophie Erbs
  • Tom Dercourt
  • Pierrick Baudouin
  • Murielle Thierrin
  • Claudia Steffen
  • Christoph Friedel
  • Jean-Marc Fröhle
  • Stefano Centini
  • Chuti Chang
  • Camilo Cavalcanti
  • Viviane Mendonça
  • Jorane Castro
  • Pia Marais
  • Alex C. Lo
  • Guilherme Cezar Coelho
  • Fernando Loureiro
Starring
CinematographyMathieu de Montgrand
Edited by
  • Matthieu Laclau
  • Yann-Shan Tsai
Music byLim Giong
Production
companies
  • Cinéma Defacto
  • Gaïjin
  • Aldabra Films
Release date
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • Brazil
  • France
  • Germany
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
Languages
  • English
  • Brazilian Portuguese

Transamazonia is a 2024 coming-of-age film directed by Pia Marais, who co-wrote the screenplay with Willem Droste.[1][2] The film stars Helena Zengel as the daughter of an American missionary in the Amazon rainforest, played by Jeremy Xido, who claims that his daughter is a faith healer.[3]

Premise

As a child, Rebecca is rescued from a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest by a member of a nearby Indigenous tribe. Now a teenager, she is well known in the area as her father, American missionary Lawrence Byrne, claims that she is a faith healer. Rebecca's misgivings about her situation are compounded by the arrival of illegal loggers poised to disrupt the local way of life.[3]

Cast

  • Helena Zengel as Rebecca[4]
  • Jeremy Xido as Lawrence
  • Sabine Timoteo as Denise
  • Hamã Luciano
  • Rômulo Braga
  • Philipp Lavra
  • Sérgio Sartório
  • Iwinaiwa Assurini
  • Pirá Assurini
  • João Victor Xavante
  • Kamya Assurini

Production

Principal photography for Transamazonia took place in July 2023.[2] The film was presented as a work in progress at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion that September.[5]

Release

Transamazonia premiered on 12 August 2024 at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Leopard. The film was also selected for the Main Slate section of the 2024 New York Film Festival.[3]

Reception

Accolades

Award Ceremony date Category Recipient(s) Ref.
Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard Nominated [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Transamazonia". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Transamazonia". Cinéma de Facto. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Transamazonia". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Transamazonia". Swiss Films. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ Frater, Patrick. "Golden Horse Film Project Market Sets Bumper 64-Title Edition". Variety. Retrieved 7 August 2024.