Manas

+ intro by season co-curator Renata de Almeida

An Amazonian teenager challenges the violent structures shaping the lives of women around her.

  • Director

    Marianna Brennand

  • With

    Jamilli Correa, Fátima Macedo, Rômulo Braga, Dira Paes

  • Brazil-Portugal-Belgium 2024. 107min

  • Digital

  • English subtitles

On Marajó island, in the Amazon region, 13-year-old Marcielle grows up idolising her absent sister, who supposedly escaped by finding a ‘good man’ on the passing boats. As adolescence shatters this fantasy, Marcielle recognises the cycle of abuse experienced by the women around her and decides to resist it. Brennand’s debut is a powerful coming-of-age portrait of awakening, solidarity and female self-determination.

Contains scenes of domestic violence or abuse, and sexism.

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