A Black Brazilian family in the city of Belo Horizonte tries to rebuild their home after a recent loss. Caught between memories and nightmares, and unable to express what they feel to each other, a mother and her children shield themselves from the pain of grief through their individual routines. Only the youngest child understands the secret that the house holds within its four walls and tries to reveal it to the others, simply to fall on deaf ears. Finally, confronted with the truth, they face the deep roots of their grief and come together to traverse this moment with love and courage.
Grace Passô
Brazilian director, screenwriter, and actress born in 1980 in Pirapora. She has a long career in theatre and has received many awards for her work. As a film actress, she was awarded Best Actress at the Torino International Film Festival (Italy), and was twice awarded at Brasília FF and Rio de Janeiro IFF. One of the leading figures in contemporary Brazilian theatre, as a playwright, she has received the APCA Awards, the Leda Maria Martins Prize and the Shell Awards in Rio and São Paulo. She directed the short film ‘Republic’ (2020) and the medium-length film ‘Dazed Flesh’ (2019), co-directed with Ricardo Alves Jr., which was part of Berlinale 2019 – Forum Expanded. ‘Our Secret’ (2026), her first feature film, competed at the Berlin Film Festival in the Perspectives section, which is dedicated to debut fiction films.
DIRECTOR
Grace Passô
SCREENPLAY
Grace Passô
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Wilsa Esser
EDITOR
Gabriel Martins, Eva Randolph
SOUND
Gustavo Fioravante, Tiago Bello
MUSIC
Amaro Freitas
PRODUCTION
Ricardo Alves Jr., Rachel Daisy Ellis, Julia Alves, Catarina Sousa
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Entre Filmes, Desvia, Foi Bonita a Festa, Globo Filmes, Quarta-feira Filmes, Grãos dea Imagem
CAST
Robert Frank, Efraim Santos, Jéssica Gaspar, Flip, Ju Colombo, Marisa Revert, Gláucia Vandeveld, Juan Queiroz
