Socrates

Socrates

59th TIFF: European Premiere

After his mother’s sudden death, Socrates, a teenager living on the margins of São Paulo’s coast, must learn how to stand on his own feet without a survival guide. Made by a crew of 16- to 20-year-olds with the minimum budget possible and produced by American director Ramin Bahrani, this deeply personal film becomes a weapon in the struggle for social inclusion and at the same time a proof of the power of cinema to transform reality.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Alex Moratto
Script: Thayná Mantesso, Alex Moratto
Cinematography: João Gabriel de Queiroz
Editing: Alex Moratto
Sound: Effects Filmes
Music: Felipe Puperi, Tiago Abrahão
Actors: Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji, Rosane Paulo, Caio Martinez Pacheco, Jayme Rodrigues
Production: Instituto Querô, Querô Filmes
Producers: Tammy Weiss, Ramin Bahrani, Alex Moratto, Jefferson Paulino
Art Direction: Thaianne Spinassi, Juh Guedes
Costumes: Juh Guedes
Executive producer: Thais Badim Marques, Priscilla Santana
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Brazil
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 71΄
Contact: Ο2 Filmes, jairsilva@O2filmes.com

Alex Moratto

Alex Moratto is a Brazilian-American filmmaker. His award-winning short films Nowhere to Be Found, The Parting, and The Other Side have screened at international film festivals. He received his BFA from the UNC School of the Arts where he was a Kenan Excellence full scholarship recipient and winner of the DGA Student Film Jury Award for his thesis. He resides in California and São Paulo.

Filmography

2010 The Other Side (short)
2011 The Signal (short)
2012 The Parting (short)
2015 Nowhere to be Found (short doc)
2015 The Person You Love (short doc)
2015 One Missed Call (short doc)
2016 Our Brazil (short doc)
2018 Socrates