In the name of protecting economic recovery from the threat of future pandemics, the Brazilian Government has created a system of sending anyone over 80 to purpose built colonies for ‘their wellbeing’. Teresa (77) lives in an industrialized town in the Amazon and is surprised when the age is reduced to 75. She decides to defy her fate and embarks on a clandestine journey down the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon, turning this turbulent time into an impulse to fulfill a lifelong dream.
Gabriel Mascaro
Brazilian filmmaker born in Recife in 1983. His early works include 'Housemaids' (2012), the short film 'A Onda Traz o Vento Leva' (2012), 'Avenida Brasilia Formosa' (2010, presented in Rotterdam), and 'High Rise' (2009, special mention at Bafici). With 'August Winds' (2014), he received a special mention at Locarno, while 'Neon Bull' (2015), included in the 'top ten' of the year by 'The New York Times', won the Special Jury Prize at Venice; and with 'Divine Love' (2019) he competed at Sundance and in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. His films have garnered fifty international awards, and in 2016, the Lincoln Center in New York dedicated a retrospective to him. ‘The Blue Trail’ (2025) won three awards at the Berlin Film Festival, including the Ecumenical Jury Prize and the Grand Jury Prize.
DIRECTOR
Gabriel Mascaro
SCREENPLAY
Gabriel Mascaro, Tibério Azul
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guillermo Garza
EDITOR
Sebastián Sepúlveda, Omar Guzmán
SOUND
María Alejandra Rojas, Arturo Salazar, Vincent Sinceretti
