Good Manners

""The semi-moribund werewolf genre gets an flavorsome injection of Brazilian blood"
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Hollywood Reporter
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
  • Brazil, France 2017
  • 135 minutes
  • Portuguese
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny of her unborn child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night changes their plans.

Good Manners is a dark werewolf fairy tale, laced by reflections on class and race in modern-day Brazil, a tribute to the enduring near supernatural power of maternal love. Winner of the Locarno International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize

Filmography: Hard Labor (2011).

The film contains scenes of a disturbing nature

 


  • Director Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
  • Production Sara Silveira, Maria Ionescu, Clément Duboin, Frédéric Corvez
  • Script Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
  • Cinematography Rui Poças
  • Editing Caetano Gotardo
  • Music Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra, Guilherme Garbato, Gustavo Garbato
  • Festivals Locarno (Special Jury Prize)
  • Actors Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo
  • Source Urban Distribution International, Montreuil