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Completed - BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE, SPANISH - Drama - 107 minutes

Log Line

Eager to write her next novel, Ana joins a literary lab in the Andes, where she
meets a charismatic leader and creator of a method in which artists abandon their
own lives to live as their characters. Ana dives deep into the method and starts
living as Violeta, until her fiction gets out of control.

Previous markets

  • Ventana Sur 2023 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2023

Director(s) : Fernando FRAIHA
Cast : Debora FALABELLA, Darío GRANDINETTI, Germán DE SILVA, Maria UCEDO

Producer(s) : Karen CASTANHO (BIÔNICA FILMES), Bianca VILLAR (BIÔNICA FILMES), Fernando FRAIHA (BIÔNICA FILMES), Rodrigo TEIXEIRA (RT FEATURES), Nicolás GROSSO (LE TIRO)

Synopsis

Ana (Débora Falabella) is a writer who, in search of inspiration for her next novel
"Violeta," joins a renowned literary laboratory in the Andes Mountain Range. During
this journey, she becomes involved with Holden (Darío Grandinetti), the creator of a
method in which writers abandon their own lives to live as their characters. The
charismatic leader ends up captivating Ana, who immerses herself in an intense
artistic investigation, living as her character Violeta – until the balance between
reality and fiction spirals out of control. The film is inspired by the novel
"Cordilheira" by Daniel Galera.

Production

Country(ies) : BRAZIL, ARGENTINA

Festivals and Awards

Austin Film Festival 2022 (Best Narrative Feature)
Brooklyn Film Festival 2022 (Spirit Award)
Rio de Janeiro IFF 2022 (Best Actor Winner)
Ventana Sur 2023


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