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.
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Zeca BritoDirectorLegalidade
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Letícia FriedrichExecutive Production
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Anti Filmes e Boulevard FilmesProduction
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Frederico RuasProduction
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Lourenço Sant’AnnaProduction
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Zeca BritoProduction
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Zuleika Borges TorrealbaProduction
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Maria Elisa DantasProduction Management
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Rafael AndreazzaProduction Management
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Laura MogliaPost-production
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Post Frontier - Daniel DodePost-production
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Arthur BovoPost-production
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Gustavo ZuchowskyPost-production
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Jardel Machado HermesScreenplay
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Maria Elisa DantasScreenplay
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Zeca BritoScreenplay
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Jardel Machado HermesEditor
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Bruno PolidoroAdditional Photographer
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Edson LarrondaAdditional Photographer
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Tiago CoelhoAdditional Photographer
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Eduardo BerthierAdditional Photographer
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Pablo EscajedoDirector of Photography
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Rita ZartMusic Direction
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Tiago BelloSound Design
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Clarissa FerreiraSoundtrack
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Isidoro GuggianaPress Office
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Leo LageArt Design
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Alcy CheuicheParticipation
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Aldo FerreiraParticipation
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Antonio MorinigoParticipation
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Ariel OrtegaParticipation
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Bozidar Darko SustersicParticipation
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Carlos Alberto BeloyeParticipation
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Carlos MachadoParticipation
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Carolina GrossParticipation
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Cesar Lucas AguillarParticipation
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Dolores de SosaParticipation
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Enrico BenitesParticipation
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João MillerParticipation
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Lidia BritezParticipation
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Lira HeinParticipation
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Lorena EspinozaParticipation
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Miriam ChamorroParticipation
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Nelli ChamorroParticipation
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Project Title (Original Language):Trinta Povos
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 18 minutes
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Completion Date:June 23, 2020
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Production Budget:50,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Brazil
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Country of Filming:Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
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Language:Portuguese, Spanish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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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
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Boulevard FilmesDistributorCountry: BrazilRights: All Rights
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.
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.