Private Project

Maninho

Maninho is a man caught between land and sea, living the delusion of an endless search for a missing woman. His routine is disrupted by the arrival of the long-awaited news, which presents itself in an unexpected form.

  • Aloisio Leahy de Barros Correia
    Director
  • Aloisio Correia
    Writer
    Terceiro Lado, Um Palmo
  • Pedro Krull
    Producer
    Infantry, The Mascot
  • Eduarda Samara
    Key Cast
    "Samara"
    Heartless, Bacurau
  • Cleyton Alves
    Key Cast
    "Maninho"
    Lapso
  • Ticiane Simões
    Key Cast
    "Marisqueira"
    Menina
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Maninho
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 21, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Aloisio Leahy de Barros Correia

Photographer and filmaker, "Maninho" is his third short film as a director and his debut at fiction screenplay writing. Aloisio has collaborated in other projects as Producer and Cinematographer and has directed the feature documentary film "Terceiro Lado (Third Side)". Aloisio lives in Maceió, where he was born. He teaches photography at Criattiva, a visual arts school where he coordinates courses in photography and filmaking.

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Director Statement

"Maninho" is a deeply personal project created on the ever-changing tide coast of Alagoas. In the middle of huge stretches of coconut trees lives Maninho, a former fisherman stuck in a moment in time since the disappearance of his wife, a man in a search for something that seems to be vanishing into the horizon at each step forward. In a sense, I believe, the journey of the protagonist for finding lost love is the same feeling of the quest of making a film, a necessity of instilling meaning into an otherwise empty passing of time.