Germany / Feb 07, 2014 / Berlin International Film Festival
1h 35min
Overall average
5.0/10
Videos
Plot
Joao is a 50 year old actor who lives with his 72 year old mother, Celina. He spends his time between his work at night as a crossdresser in small gay bars and his parts in small plays, movies and TV shows. Tormented and haunted by ghosts from his past, day after day Joao starts to merge the reality in which he lived with the fiction he is interpreting.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Castanha |
| Original language | Português (PT) |
| Spoken languages | Português |
| Production countries | Brazil |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Tokyo Filmes, Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, Gogó Conteúdo Sonoro |
| Official site | tokyofilmes.wordpress.com |
| Release date | 20 novembre 2014 |
| Executive producer | Paola Wink |
| Production | Paola Wink, Sandro Fiorin |
| Writer | Davi Pretto |
| Editing | Bruno Carboni, Lígia Tiemi Sumi |
| Cinematography | Glauco Firpo, Gabriel Pessoto, Arno Schuh |
| Assistant directors | Isadora Victora, Davi Pretto |
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| Camera operators | Gabriel Pessoto, Arno Schuh, Glauco Firpo |
| Additional photography | Gabriel Pessoto, Arno Schuh, Glauco Firpo |
| Production design | Richard Tavares |
| Art direction | Richard Tavares |
| Set decoration | Richard Tavares |
| Music | Tiago Abrahão, Diego Poloni, Augusto Stern, Tiago Bello, Tomaz Borges, Rita Zart, Fernando Efron, Marcos Lopes |
| Sound | Augusto Stern, Tiago Bello, Tomaz Borges, Rita Zart, Fernando Efron, Marcos Lopes, Tiago Abrahão, Diego Poloni |
Release dates
Premiere
Hong Kong / Apr 02, 2014 / Hong Kong International Film Festival
Argentina / Apr 10, 2014 / Bafici Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Denmark / Apr 11, 2014 / CPH:Pix
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United States / Apr 19, 2014 / Art of the Real Film Lincoln Center
Brazil / Jul 22, 2014 / Paulínia Film Festival
Uruguay / Jul 28, 2014 / DocMontevideo
Portugal / Sep 20, 2014 / QueerLisboa
Ecuador / Nov 16, 2014 / Cuenca Film Festival
Cuba / Dec 12, 2014 / Havana Film Festival
France / May 15, 2015 / Paris Brazilian Film Festival
Limited release
Brazil / Nov 20, 2014
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