The Martins are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives on the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing election of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she’s cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all of his hopes into the soccer career of their son, Deivinho, who reluctantly follows his father’s ambitions despite secretly aspiring to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. Meanwhile, their older daughter, Eunice, falls in love with a free spirited young woman and ponders whether it’s time to leave home.
Mars One
Marte um
63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Gabriel Martins
- Script: Gabriel Martins
- Cinematography: Leonardo Feliciano
- Editing: Gabriel Martins, Thiago Ricarte
- Sound: Tiago Bello, Marcos Lopes
- Music: Daniel Simitan
- Actors: Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Cícero Lucas
- Production: Filmes de Plástico
- Producers: Thiago Macêdo Correia, André Novais Oliveira, Gabriel Martins, Maurilio Martins
- Co-production: Canal Brasil
- Costumes: Marina Sandim
- Production Design: Rimenna Procópio
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Brazil
- Production Year: 2022
- Duration: 115΄
- Contact: Magnolia International
- Awards/Distinctions: Grand Jury Prize – Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival
Gabriel Martins
Gabriel Martins (1987) is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, film editor, and cinematographer. His first feature film, In the Heart of the World, co-directed with Maurilio Martins, premiered in 2019, at Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition, later being screened in several film festivals and released theatrically in some countries, like France, to widespread critical acclaim. Between his short films are the 2017 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry Nada and Clermont-Ferrand’s selected Dona Sônia pediu uma arma para seu vizinho Alcides. He was part of Rotterdam’s Special Program “Soul in the Eye”, where he also gave a masterclass. Gabriel wrote Brazilian successful films, like the box-office hit Alemão, and is currently developing a series for Amazon.
Filmography
2011 Dona Sônia pediu uma arma para seu vizinho Alcidess (short)
2017 Nada (short)
2019 In the Heart of the World
2022 Mars One
