The Cage and the Dream

Program:

International Competition

Year:

2022

Country:

Brazil

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

111'

Vicente is a retired widower teacher who lives between lucid dreams and everyday life in the Alecrim neighborhood. Maria is a middle-aged woman, she works helping Vincent with housework. Christmas is approaching. Luan, Maria's son, is killed by the police and Vicente needs to help her, but Vicente is also a victim of prejudice. Vincent's journey is far from over.

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Валеріо Фонсека

Valério Fonseca was born in Natal, Brazil at 1970. He directed 15 short films, including DONA EULÁLIA, PEGADAS DE ZILA, MARIA NINGUÉM and the feature documentary REMAR É about practice of rowing, Valério studied screenplay at EICTV in Cuba, in 2012. THE CAGE AND THE DREAM is his first fiction feature. Valério is a member of Ponta Negra Filmes.

Filmography: Sair do caos diário é dar amor à própria alma (2015), Remar é… (2013), Memoria de La Preciosidad (2012), Sonho e Silêncio (2012), Pegadas de Zila (2011)

Creative team

Director

Valério Fonseca

Screenplay

Valério Fonseca

Camera

Beto Martins

Editing

Joana Collier

Music

Lui Coimbra

Production