The Showcases
Brazil
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2025
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Color
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110 min
Chile, 1973. Following the military coup led by Pinochet, hundreds of Latin American left-wing activists seek refuge in the Argentine embassy, where they await a safe conduct pass to leave the country. For Pedro and Ana, children of activists, the forced confinement in this diplomatic space becomes a strange, time-suspended interlude. Within the embassy's confines, they both discover an unusual form of freedom, while simultaneously trying to comprehend—in their own fragmented and intuitive way—the profound ruptures the coup has imposed on their lives. Intelligently, the script avoids a didactic explanation of the far-right's rise to power, choosing instead to focus on the lived experience.
Technical Details
Direction:
Flávia Castro
Cinematography:
Heloísa Passos
Language:
Portuguese
Production:
Marcello Ludwig Maia, Ilda Santiago
Sound:
Mino Alencar
Subtitles:
Spanish and English
Screenplay:
Flávia Castro, Rafael Spínola
Editing:
Marilia Moraes
Cast:
Ema Castro Pérez, Helena O’Donnell, Letícia Colin, Gael Nórdio
Director
Flávia Castro
Born in Brazil, Flávia Castro's childhood and youth were marked by exile, an experience that would become central to her artistic vision. This biography decisively permeates her cinema, where memory is not just a theme, but also a method of exploration. Her first feature documentary, Diário de uma Busca (2011), widely recognized and awarded—including the Biarritz Festival prize—inaugurates what the director herself has defined as a "construction of memories": a creative process fueled by her personal and family history. Deslembro is her first fiction feature film, which had its world premiere at the Mostra Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival in 2018.
