Synopsis
Inspired by a dream, João Vieira Torres embarks on a journey to find the people his grandmother Aurora – a midwife and healer in the rural countryside of Bahia – helped bring into the world. Each step along this emotional path reveals new discoveries about himself and, above all, the women in his family, whose lives have been marked by both violence and liberation. Navigating multiple movements – geographical and in dialogue with marginalized female and queer experiences – the film brings to the surface questions rooted in the country’s colonial legacy, while also revealing the strength found in these encounters. (C.I.)
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João Vieira Torres
João Vieira Torres is a Franco-Brazilian artist, filmmaker, and writer, born in Recife and living between France and Brazil. He holds a Master’s degree from the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, was an artist-in-residence at Le Fresnoy, and is currently pursuing a PhD at ÉESI. His work spans film, photography, performance, and writing, exploring themes of memory, absence, and ancestry, as well as the tensions between different times and places, and the search for a sense of grounding — whether in the body, the landscape, or language. He directed Mal di Mare, which won the Best Short Film Award at the 11th Olhar de Cinema.
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