YESTERDAY THERE WERE STRANGE THINGS IN THE SKY
Fiction, 110 min, 2019

After my father got unemployed, the whole family had to go back to the house at Bresser, an old working class neighbourhood in São Paulo. My mother looks for a way out, but she doesn’t really know what to do. My sister got a job, but it pays badly. My grandmother is getting demented. They stay all day at home, they fight a lot. The dogs bark. In the meanwhile, I film them. A strange object in the sky abducts my mother. Our lives continue as if nothing had happened.

Credits

Director: Bruno Risas
Screenplay: Bruno Risas, Maria Clara Escobar, Julius Marcondes and Viviane Machado
Producers: Bruno Risas, Julia Alves and Michael Wahrmann
Cinematography: Flora Dias
Editing: João Marcos de Almeida
Sound Design: Juruna Mallon
Original Music: Juliana R.
Cast: Viviane Machado, Julius Marcondes, Iza Machado, Geny Rodrigues, Bruno Risas and Flora Dias.
Production Companies: Sancho Filmes and Quarta-feira Filmes

Festivals

⦁ 37th Torino IFF 2019 – Waves
⦁ 42nd Cinéma du Réel 2020 – International Competition – Best First Film
⦁ FIDMarseille 2020
⦁ 23rd Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes 2020 – Mostra Aurora
⦁ FIDOCS 2020 – Honorable Mention