Transamazonia
Germany/Switzerland/Taiwan/Brazil/France | 2024 | English/Portuguese/Indigenous Language | 112 min | Drama | DCP
Synopsis
Rebecca, the daughter of missionary Lawrence Byrne, was declared a “miracle” after she survived a plane crash as a child, deep in the Amazon forest. Years later, Rebecca has become a miracle healer, sustaining their mission thanks to her growing fame. But when illegal loggers invade the land belonging to the indigenous people they’re evangelizing, Rebecca’s father manoeuvres them into the epicentre of this escalating conflict.
Credits
| Original Title | Transamazonia |
| English Title | Transamazonia |
| Country | Germany/Switzerland/Taiwan/Brazil/France |
| Exhibition Format | DCP |
| Director | Pia Marais |
| Producer | Sophie Erbs, Tom Dercourt, Pierrick Baudouin, Murielle Thierrin, Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel, Jean-Marc Fröhle, Stefano Centini, Chuti Chang, Camilo Cavalcanti, Viviane Mendonça, Jorane Castro, Pia Marais, Alex C. Lo, Guilherme Cezar Coelho, Fernando Loureiro |
| Screenplay | Pia Marais, Willem Droste, Martin Rosefeldt |
| Cinematography | Mathieu de Montgrand |
| Cast | Jeremy Xido, Helena Zengel, Hamã Luciano, Rômulo Braga, Philipp Lavra, Sérgio Sartório, João Victor Xavante, Sabine Timoteo, Iwinaiwa Assurini, Pirá Assurini, Kamya Assurini |
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Director
Pia Marais
South Africa, Sweden
Pia Marais is a writer and director from South Africa and Sweden. She has written and directed 3 feature films. Her feature debut The Unpolished won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2007. At Ellen’s Age screened in Competition in Locarno in 2010, and in more than 30 festivals, including Toronto. Layla Fourie was set in her home country South Africa and premiered in Competition at the 2013 Berlinale, receiving a Special Jury Mention. In 2018, she made her first documentary Cari Compagni for Arte. Transamazonia is her fourth feature film.
