The Promised Land

'The Promised Land ' brings the theme of Jesuit missions in Latin America. A legacy made up of ruins, museums, villages, and customs. Natives and invaders discuss art, religion, and politics in the territories of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, united by a common artistic past, the Baroque Jesuit Guarani.

  • Zeca Brito
    Director
    Legalidade
  • Letícia Friedrich
    Executive Production
  • Anti Filmes e Boulevard Filmes
    Production
  • Frederico Ruas
    Production
  • Lourenço Sant’Anna
    Production
  • Zeca Brito
    Production
  • Zuleika Borges Torrealba
    Production
  • Maria Elisa Dantas
    Production Management
  • Rafael Andreazza
    Production Management
  • Laura Moglia
    Post-production
  • Post Frontier - Daniel Dode
    Post-production
  • Arthur Bovo
    Post-production
  • Gustavo Zuchowsky
    Post-production
  • Jardel Machado Hermes
    Screenplay
  • Maria Elisa Dantas
    Screenplay
  • Zeca Brito
    Screenplay
  • Jardel Machado Hermes
    Editor
  • Bruno Polidoro
    Additional Photographer
  • Edson Larronda
    Additional Photographer
  • Tiago Coelho
    Additional Photographer
  • Eduardo Berthier
    Additional Photographer
  • Pablo Escajedo
    Director of Photography
  • Rita Zart
    Music Direction
  • Tiago Bello
    Sound Design
  • Clarissa Ferreira
    Soundtrack
  • Isidoro Guggiana
    Press Office
  • Leo Lage
    Art Design
  • Alcy Cheuiche
    Participation
  • Aldo Ferreira
    Participation
  • Antonio Morinigo
    Participation
  • Ariel Ortega
    Participation
  • Bozidar Darko Sustersic
    Participation
  • Carlos Alberto Beloye
    Participation
  • Carlos Machado
    Participation
  • Carolina Gross
    Participation
  • Cesar Lucas Aguillar
    Participation
  • Dolores de Sosa
    Participation
  • Enrico Benites
    Participation
  • João Miller
    Participation
  • Lidia Britez
    Participation
  • Lira Hein
    Participation
  • Lorena Espinoza
    Participation
  • Miriam Chamorro
    Participation
  • Nelli Chamorro
    Participation
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Trinta Povos
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 18 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 23, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
  • Language:
    Portuguese, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    May 23, 2021
    7° ArFeCine - Festival Internacional de Cine Religioso
    Best Screenplay
  • Punta del Est
    Uruguay
    February 18, 2020
    23° Festival de Cine de Punta del Est
Distribution Information
  • Boulevard Filmes
    Distributor
    Country: Brazil
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Zeca Brito

Zeca Brito has a master's degree in Visual Arts from UFRGS, a degree in Audiovisual Direction from Unisinos, and Visual Arts from UFRGS. He directed, scripted short films and feature films shown in Brazil and abroad. His short film “Aos Pés” was chosen Best Film by Popular Jury at Festin Lisboa 2009, and the feature film “O Guri”, shown at festivals in Portugal and Brazil. In 2015 he launched the feature “Glauco do Brasil” at the 39th International São Paulo Film Festival and the 10th Mercosul Biennial. In 2016, he directed the feature “Em 97 Era Assim”, Award for Best Direction and Best Film by Popular Jury at the Cinema dos Sertões Festival (Piauí Brazil), Best Direction by Actors at Mostra SESC Brasil, Best Film at The Best Film Fest (Seattle, USA), Special Jury Prize at the 8th Jagran Film Festival (India), official selection at the Regina International Film Festival (Regina, Canada), Los Angeles CineFest (Los Angeles, USA), 51st International Independent Film Festival (Houston, USA) and Best Foreign Youth Film Award at the American Filmatic Arts Awards (New York, USA). In 2017, he directed the documentary “A Vida Extra-Ordinaria de Tarso de Castro” shown at Festival do Rio and 41 Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo. In 2018, it launched the telefilm “Grupo de Bagé”, a documentary produced for Canal Curta. His most recent fiction feature “Legalidade” (2019) debuted at the 35th Latin Film Festival in Chicago. The film was also shown at festivals in Spain, Uruguay, Guatemala, and Romania. A public success in Brazil, it was shown at the 47th Festival of Gramado and received several awards at the 42nd Festival Guarnicê de Cinema and 14th National Meeting of Cinema dos Sertões, including best direction in both.

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Director Statement

The ‘The Promised Land' proposal is a rescue of the artistic, architectural, pictorial, and symbolic legacy of the Jesuit-Guarani colonization process. The great challenge of the work was to sew a geopolitically fragmented history, a common past between three countries that today are separated, divided by distinct issues, but with cultural, historical, and ethnographic elements that connect them.