Private Project

Wake up, Zé! Your wife is on her feet! (DEAF),

The movie - Wake up Zé! Your wife is up! (DEAF), is the only feature film in the world with the cast exclusively of deaf people. A comedy in LIBRAS, freely adapted from the theatrical play “Acorda Zé, sua mulher é pé!”. The film is inspired by an eccentric farce narrative, delving into the Brazilian cultural universe, drawing a parallel between characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte and some types of popular culture in Brazil. In this adaptation, all characters are played by deaf actors, as mentioned above.

  • Adelino Matias de carvalho
    Director
  • Venício Fonseca
    Director
  • Venício Fonseca
    Writer
  • Erika Rettl
    Writer
  • Adelino Matias de Carvalho
    Producer
  • Venício Fonseca
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Acorda Zé! A Comadre está de pé! (SURDO)
  • Project Type:
    Other
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Adelino Matias de carvalho, Venício Fonseca

Journalist and producer. produced and directed documentaries such as OSMARINO AMANCIO, FILHO DA FLORESTA, selected at the festivals: 35th São Paulo International Film Festival (2011); Democracine – Fest. Cinema of Porto Alegre (2012); 4th Most. of Cinema Brasil from São Tomé and Príncipe (2012), He produced and directed the documentary Rio São João – Projeto Robalo (Ecological Research Center of Macaé/UFRJ), Director of documentaries such as: "Once upon a time a forest on the Equator Line ", feature film, (2014); “Fagundes Varela – The poet of Rio Claro” short, (2013), “Women from São João Marcos”, short, (2012) Participated, as Jury Cinema, in the 37th Gramado Film Festival in 2009.

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