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By Those Hands that Lead Me

“By Those Hands that Lead Me” tells a slice of Amora’s life: A 22 year old girl, born out of two artistic parents, that becomes an orphan when she’s very young. Amora goes thru the challenges of becoming an independent woman, having to deal with the pain of her loss. She lives with her grandmother, Lucia, a very religious, conservative woman, with whom she shares a very turbulent relationship. Amora is constantly balancing the inherent love between them two, and the revolting, conflicting ideas and principles of two distant generations. The only support that Amora has in her life, are her best friend, Fran, her co-worker in a library, a young gay actor, starting his career, and Mercedes, her psychologist and true confident since her parent’s loss. Amora’s life starts to feel like a dead end, her dreams of being a photographer seem far away, and routine becomes relentless, until she meets Bruno: an older, interesting businessman, that awakens a new perspective in the girl’s life, with the possibility of love, safety and dreams. From this encounter, a roller-coaster of emotions starts to develop, transforming her into a strong, free woman. A coming-of-age film, about love, empowerment and overcoming your fears, from a delicate, feminine point of view.

  • João Côrtes
    Director
    João was born in 1995. Since 3 he started doing VO and Dub in his fathers studio. At the age of 14 he got in his first theatre company experience at school, and since then he's been doing part of lots of different plays and musicals in english and portuguese (about 20), evolving from school theatre to professional plays with big audience here in Brazil. At the same time he started testing for TV and Cinema. He made part of many commercials until 2013 when he signed with VIVO , the main telecom company in Brazil , to star a series of tv spots directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God , Blindness…). His character evolved in popularity so much that the campaign lasted 3 years, and João has got chance to work with many Brazilian famous actors and celebrities becoming very well known here. He has made part of 8 cinema productions (Buddies , Lascados, The Rob (this one was also directed by Fernando Meirelles and starred by Beatriz Segal , an 92 year old and very famous Brazilian actress and João), I'm Rich, Love.com, No One Gets Out, David’s Secret and Not Again), 2 short films , and he is also part of a tv series called "The 3 Terezas" , directed by Luis Villaça , witch had two seasons. Also, he was part in the 3rd and 4th season of the HBO series "The Business". In 2019 João directed his first feature film as a writer and director: “By Those Hands that Lead Me”. João make singing and piano lessons with regularity , plays drums and percussion , speaks english fluently , some spanish and his language , portuguese. He has done many courses and classes with the best theatre technics teachers here , he also writes some pieces having winning contests playing his own created characters.
  • João Côrtes
    Writer
    João was born in 1995. Since 3 he started doing VO and Dub in his fathers studio. At the age of 14 he got in his first theatre company experience at school, and since then he's been doing part of lots of different plays and musicals in english and portuguese (about 20), evolving from school theatre to professional plays with big audience here in Brazil. At the same time he started testing for TV and Cinema. He made part of many commercials until 2013 when he signed with VIVO , the main telecom company in Brazil , to star a series of tv spots directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God , Blindness…). His character evolved in popularity so much that the campaign lasted 3 years, and João has got chance to work with many Brazilian famous actors and celebrities becoming very well known here. He has made part of 8 cinema productions (Buddies , Lascados, The Rob (this one was also directed by Fernando Meirelles and starred by Beatriz Segal , an 92 year old and very famous Brazilian actress and João), I'm Rich, Love.com, No One Gets Out, David’s Secret and Not Again), 2 short films , and he is also part of a tv series called "The 3 Terezas" , directed by Luis Villaça , witch had two seasons. Also, he was part in the 3rd and 4th season of the HBO series "The Business". In 2019 João directed his first feature film as a writer and director: “By Those Hands that Lead Me”. João make singing and piano lessons with regularity , plays drums and percussion , speaks english fluently , some spanish and his language , portuguese. He has done many courses and classes with the best theatre technics teachers here , he also writes some pieces having winning contests playing his own created characters.
  • Ed Côrtes
    Producer
    Ed Côrtes - Mainly a composer, music producer and condutor for films, it's his first feature film as an actor.
  • Igor Lovato
    Producer
    Igor Lovato. He graduated in law and worked in different segments of the legal area, including as a university professor. After many adventures, decreed by order of fate, he found his true vocation: artistic production.
  • Liliane de Grammont
    Producer
    Liliane de Grammont, dancer and choreographer. A training psychologist, she devotes part of her time to training new dance talents.
  • Fernanda Marques
    Key Cast
    "Amora"
    Nanda Marques - young and talented brazilian actress. She works for TV shows and commercials since the age of 11. It's her first film as protagonist
  • Neusa Maria Faro
    Key Cast
    "Dona Lucia"
    Neusa Maria Faro - Great brazilian actress and theater "diva", Neusa has done more than 40 plays with all main brazilian directors, more than 15 soap operas, some very popular, and 5 films lately.
  • Daniela Galli
    Key Cast
    "Mercedes"
    Daniela Galli - is a multi-talented artist and very well known brazilian actress. She works both for cinema, TV and theater being part of many prestigious productions. Currently she is shooting for Amazon and GloboTV.
  • Ed Côrtes
    Key Cast
    "Bruno"
    Ed Côrtes - Mainly a composer, music producer and condutor for films, it's his first feature film as an actor.
  • Bruno Suzano
    Key Cast
    "Fran"
    Bruno Suzano - he is a rising young brazilian actor. Has done TV, theater and films showing always a very original and creative approach. Besides "By Those Hands..." Bruno has two other films with premiere in 2020.
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Nas Mãos de Quem Me Leva
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 10, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    250,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - João Côrtes

João was born in 1995. Since 3 he started doing VO and Dub in his fathers studio.

At the age of 14 he got in his first theatre company experience at school, and since then he's been doing part of lots of different plays and musicals in english and portuguese (about 20), evolving from school theatre to professional plays with big audience here in Brazil.

At the same time he started testing for TV and Cinema. He made part of many commercials until 2013 when he signed with VIVO , the main telecom company in Brazil , to star a series of tv spots directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God , Blindness…). His character evolved in popularity so much that the campaign lasted 3 years, and João has got chance to work with many Brazilian famous actors and celebrities becoming very well known here.

He has made part of 8 cinema productions (Buddies , Lascados, The Rob (this one was also directed by Fernando Meirelles and starred by Beatriz Segal , an 92 year old and very famous Brazilian actress and João), I'm Rich, Love.com, No One Gets Out, David’s Secret and Not Again), 2 short films , and he is also part of a tv series called "The 3 Terezas" , directed by Luis Villaça , witch had two seasons. Also, he was part in the 3rd and 4th season of the HBO series "The Business".

In 2019 João directed his first feature film as a writer and director: “By Those Hands that Lead Me”.

João make singing and piano lessons with regularity , plays drums and percussion , speaks english fluently , some spanish and his language , portuguese. He has done many courses and classes with the best theatre technics teachers here , he also writes some pieces having winning contests playing his own created characters.

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