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The Messenger

Made in 100% screen-life, "The Messenger" is a genre-bending series about Mari, who believes she receives spirits while she sleeps. The spirits have been quiet of late, but during quarantine they return with a vengeance.
Isolated and troubled, she agrees to talk to a therapist. But here’s the twist: it’s to treat the spirits! Mari doesn’t believe that she can be helped. For their part, the spirits all want to use Mari’s body to resolve their final issues on earth. And unfortunately for almost everyone, they’re not the most elevated desires. One wants to kill her son, another avenge a cheating ex, another will stop at nothing for the fame that evaded her in life…
Of course, the therapist treats the spirits like the psychotic episodes she believes them to be. But little by little she’s forced to come to the chilling conclusion that they might just be real!
"The Messenger" delves into Mari’s struggles to be “normal” while she denies her “gifts”; and her therapists efforts to treat her without going insane herself. You see, a spirit’s a semi-living organism that needs a host to survive, and real or not, Mari’s pandemic has no vaccine in sight… And as her therapist will learn, it might just be contagious.

  • Marc Bechar
    Director
    The Fare, 171, 9MM São Paulo, All Love
  • Donna Oliveira
    Director
    Sintonia, The Fare, 171, Braniacs, Motorcycle Girl
  • Marc Bechar
    Writer
    The Fare, 171, 9MM São Paulo, All Love
  • Donna Oliveira
    Writer
    Sintonia, The Fare, 171, Braniacs, Motorcycle Girl
  • Daniela Garuti
    Writer
    The Fare, 171, Julia and the Phantoms, Rio Heroes
  • Kiko Marques
    Writer
    Cais ou Da Indiferença das Embarcacões, Cintia, Casa Submersa
  • Marc Bechar
    Producer
    The Fare, 171, Sex Love and Betrayal, My Father, If I Were You
  • Peter Carcavallo
    Producer
    Pipocando
  • Donna Oliveira
    Producer
  • Samuel Costa
    Producer
    Pipocando
  • Ingrid Gaigher
    Key Cast
    "Mari"
    Quanto Mais Vida Melhor, Love3, Carcereiros, Segunda Chance, Rio Heroes, Rent
  • Laila Garin
    Key Cast
    "Madalena"
    3%, So se for pro Amor, Meu Album de Amores, Private Desert, Dom, Hebe, Macabro
  • Christian Dunker
    Key Cast
    "Chris"
    Sociedade do Cansaço, Incertezas Criticas, Vou te Cancelei, No Land, No Fear
  • Gilda Nomace
    Key Cast
    "Virginia"
    Três Tigres Tristes, O Adeus do Comandante, Galeria Futuro, Motorcycle Girl
  • Vanessa Petroncari
    Key Cast
    "Diana"
  • Valmir Sant'anna
    Key Cast
    "Leo"
    Cintia
  • Marc Bechar
    Creator
    The Fare, 171, 9mm São Paulo
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    A Mensageira
  • Project Type:
    Television, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    screenlife, comedy, drama, psychological, supernatural, mystery
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    300,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Marc Bechar, Donna Oliveira

Writers/producers with extensive experience in both film and Brazilian television, including creating scripted original dramas for AXN/ Globoplay and Universal Channel, and writing series for Netflix, Amazon and Fox. On the feature front, Marc also co-wrote, “Suspension Points”, with acclaimed writer/director, Marcos Bernstein (Central Station), with whom he also developed a series for TV Globo and Mediapro.

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Director Statement

Crafted together with the tools that the times permitted, "The Messenger" is very timely, modern take on a timeless theme: the blurred lines between the spiritual and madness. Written and shot when so many of us were confronting total isolation - alone in, and with our minds - "The Messenger" was initially conceived to keep me, and colleagues dear to me, busy. So we didn’t get lost. But what started as a labor of survival quickly became a labor of hope and purpose as passionate talent in front, and behind the cameras banded together to bring this non-pandemic, pandemic story to life. Mari's story will captivate audiences because they will connect with what the last few years have brought us, and now have a deeper understanding of just how much life can fit in a tiny room.