Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny
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Filmed between the Phantom Road BR-319, the Transamazônica BR-230 and in the real village of Realidade (Reality), Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny documents the encounter of the creature Curupira, protectress of the forests, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute. A portrait of 2021 Brazil and the ravage of Amazonia forest: the cyclical history and story of Brazil in favour of a so-called progress and an avenge for the warm ruins of an addicted future.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
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- Executive Producer : Éric Prigent
- Screenwriter : Janaina Wagner
- Director of photography : Carine Wallauer
- Editors : Yuyan Wang, Janaina Wagner
- Sound recordist : Marcela Santos
- Camera operator : Carine Wallauer
- Production Manager : Luc-Jérôme Bailleul
- Sound editors : Yannick Delmaire, Thomas Pichon
- Sound Mixer : Yannick Delmaire
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Fiction, Experimental
- Themes : Nature, Environment, History
- Production language : Portuguese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 24 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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