Unremember | Deslembro

Golden Anchor Competition for Debuts

"Unremember is a pleasure to watch, beautifully shot and accompanied by some treasured rock songs from the 1970s, which are an additional hint at the filmmaker’s nostalgia for this period that she lived through. However, its strength comes from somewhere else – it stems from the seamless blend of personal and societal histories"

Cineuropa
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Flavia Castro
  • Brazil 2016
  • 96 minutes
  • Portuguese, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Joana grew up in Paris surrounded by rock and literature. But in the early 80s, when amnesty is granted in Brazil, Joana moves back to the country she barely remembers, overnight and against her will. In Rio, she recovers pieces of memories from a fragmented childhood and a missing father. Not everything is real, not everything is imagination. And as she remembers, Joana is able to write her own story in the present tense.

Flavia Castro’s feature debut is a graceful and delicate film about politics, family, coming-of-age and the power of memories.

Feature Debut


  • Director Flavia Castro
  • Production Walter Salles, Gisela Camara, Flavia Castro, Yael Fogiel
  • Script Flavia Castro
  • Cinematography Heloisa Passos
  • Editing Francois Gedigier, Flavia Castro
  • Festivals Venice, Rio (Audience Award, Fipresci Prize)
  • Actors Jeanne Boudier, Hugo Abranches, Sara Antunes, Eliane Giardini
  • Source Loco Films, Paris