feature
Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret
Fiction, 2020, 94′
Directed by João Ribeiro
Synopsis
“Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is an adaptation of Ondjaki’s novel, in which the author draws on his childhood memories to create a fantasy where reality and magic blend together, and History is rewritten through his stories. Everything takes place in a city beyond time and geography, in an unidentified neighborhood that thus takes on almost mythological contours. It is here that Jaki lives, in a house full of cousins, ruled with an iron hand by his grandmother Agnette and haunted by the mysterious figure of Grandma Catarina.
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
FADO FILMES, GRAFO E KANEMA
cast
KEANU DOS SANTOS, ANABELA ADRIANOPOLOS, ANA MAGAIA, CAIO CANDA, DMITRY BOGOMOLOV, FILIMONE MEIGOS, FLAVIO BAURAQUI, THAINARA CALANE BARBOSA
script
JOÃO NUNES
direction
JOÃO RIBEIRO
cinematography
JOSÉ ANTÓNIO LOUREIRO
production design
ARTUR PINHEIRO
costume design
SARA MACHADO DA GRAÇA
film editing
ORLANDO MESQUITA
production sound
GITA CERVEIRA
sound design
ALEXANDRE ROGOSKI
Production Management
PEDRO BENTO
executive production (portugal and )
JOÃO RIBEIRO E JOÃO FONSECA
executive production (brazil)
RAIANE RODRIGUES
production
LUIS GALVÃO TELES, GONÇALO TELES, GONÇALO GALVÃO, JOÃO RIBEIRO E ANTONIO GONÇALES JUNIOR
Information
- Release Date
- Genre
- Length
- Country
- : 2020
- : Fiction
- : 94 Minutes
- : Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique
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Director's Note
“Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is a novel with very peculiar characteristics: a blend of childhood memories and dreamlike fantasy, offering a perspective of a moment in History filled with small stories.
Our ultimate goal is to produce a film that appeals both adults and children, regardless of their background, education, history or experience. A film in which every age range will see different things, draw unique lessons, and enjoy it in a special way.
Because, at its core, “Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is a very simple story that everyone can easily identify with…
Not that this makes our task easier—simplicity has its own pitfalls, and in the world of children they are multiplied and amplified.
Will it be our dream?
Dreaming is the essence of “Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret,” and what is cinema about if not that: a wonderful dream projected at 24 frames per second in a dark room.
empresas produtoras
FADO FILMES, GRAFO E KANEMA
roteiro
JOÃO NUNES
direção
JOÃO RIBEIRO
direção de fotografia
JOSÉ ANTÓNIO LOUREIRO
direção de arte
ARTUR PINHEIRO
figurino
SARA MACHADO DA GRAÇA
montagem
ORLANDO MESQUITA
som direto
GITA CERVEIRA
desenho de som
ALEXANDRE ROGOSKI
direção de produção
PEDRO BENTO
produção executiva
JOÃO RIBEIRO E JOÃO FONSECA
produção executiva (brasil)
RAIANE RODRIGUES
produção
LUIS GALVÃO TELES, GONÇALO TELES, GONÇALO GALVÃO, JOÃO RIBEIRO E ANTONIO GONÇALVES JR