“The Secret Agent” breakout Tânia Maria has joined Leonardo Lacca’s “Sábado Morto” (“Dead Saturday,” in literal translation). Produced by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux’s banner Cinemascópio, the movie stars Jesuíta Barbosa (“Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso”) and is at the moment being filmed between Recife and the Pernambuco countryside in Brazil.
“Sábado Morto” centres round a medical resident in Recife who’s compelled by an surprising occasion to return to his hometown within the backlands of Pernambuco after years away. There, he reunited together with his mom, Terezinha, who is set to seek out solutions to the mysteries of latest occasions. Amid recollections and unease, secrets and techniques start to emerge. The story might be shot throughout 5 weeks between the capital of Recife and the Arcoverde area, within the countryside of Pernambuco. The solid additionally consists of Malu Falangola, Múcia Teixeira, and Matteus Cardoso.
The movie marks Lacca’s third directorial effort, following “Permanência” and “Seu Cavalcanti,” and the third collaboration between the director’s label Trincheira Filmes and Cinemascópio. Lacca has labored as a director, screenwriter, and performing coach for 20 years, serving as an assistant director on Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Bacurau” and “The Secret Agent,” in addition to working as an performing coach on his different two fiction function movies: “Aquarius” and “Neighboring Sounds.”
Oscar-nominated Lesclaux mentioned it has been “very special” to see the universe of the movie come to life,” with Lacca including it’s been great to collaborate with the producer as soon as extra. “We are experiencing a very intense and beautiful process,” he added. “We are even more excited for the next phase of filming in the spectacular Pernambuco backlands.”
THE SECRET AGENT, (aka O AGENTE SECRETO)
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Tânia Maria’s first onscreen position got here as an additional with one line in “Bacurau.” Her meatier character Dona Sebastiana in “The Secret Agent” has been lovingly embraced by Brazilians and followers internationally, along with her efficiency incomes awards and accolades in the course of the movie’s profitable run. Maria is collaborating with Lacca for the primary time, having acted in “Seu Cavalcanti” and the sequence “Delegado,” nonetheless to premiere on Canal Brasil.
“Working with Tânia is always wonderful,” gushed Lacca. “It’s great to film with her again and with a character whose path is so different from what she’s done before. It’s wonderful to see how versatile she is. Her presence lights up the set and everyone is charmed and captivated by her. We’ve gained intimacy and built a grandmother-grandson relationship. There’s so much beauty in this transformation of her life, in her discovery as an actress, that it ends up spilling over into our personal relationships as well.”
“Sábado Morto” is a co-production between Brazil’s Cinemascópio and Trincheira Filmes with Chile’s Planta which has three titles chosen for this 12 months’s Cannes: Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra” and Lisandro Alonso’s “Double Freedom,” each Administrators’ Fortnight hits, and “For the Opponents,” by Federico Luis (“Simon of the Mountain”), in Cannes’ shorts competitors.
