Experiencing Interruptions?

Nortriptilina

The plot revolves around two married men who adopted a baby in 1966. They both died of Alzheimer's in 1993, they are cared for by this foster child who becomes a transvestite. The story begins in the year 2000 and goes until 2014, with the hallucinations of the transvestite taking care of the adoptive parents until they come to die again in his imagination. The awareness that they have died speeds up the process of schizophrenia and it drives them crazy.

  • Raimundo Nonato Carvalho
    Director
  • Nonato Carvalho
    Writer
  • Giovanni Marssallis
    Producer
  • Noca
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    21 hours 8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 11, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Mp4
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Canoa Quebrada
    Brazil
    December 7, 2017
    Premio Latino Americano de Curtas
Distribution Information
  • Canoa Quebrada
    Country: Brazil
    Rights: Video / Disc
Director Biography - Raimundo Nonato Carvalho

Born in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Has a degree in Theater Degree, born in Fortaleza works with cinema. He works as Director, Screenwriter, Set Designer, Editor, Editor, Art Producer and has several postgraduate courses in cinema, set design, direction, script and production. He has run several production and character design workshops. He produced and directed several short films and appeared in several short and long films. Graduated also in Architecture, where he uses his professionalism in the area in the design of scenes and images of computer graphics.

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Director Statement

This short film portrays a fictitious situation lived in a family, comes to bring a situation where Alzheimer's is a disease that affects many people in the world, undoing feelings and provoking moments of sadness and remorse.