Bernardo Barreto: 'I thought, what about the corruption that lives inside of us. Are we really this kind of Brazilian people who will accept everything with no discrimination of any kind?' Photo: Courtesy of Tallinn Black Nights Bernardo Barreto's The Seeker (O Buscador) - which had its premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last week - stews us in the family politics of an upper middle-class Brazilian clan. Isabella (Mariana Molina) is returning to her family home for the first time in four years with her counter-culture boyfriend (Pierre Santos) in tow. It's Father's Day but she arrives to protests outside the gates, calling for her dad's arrest. As the pair enter the house, Baretto switches to a single take that emphasises the claustrophobia as the family's secrets and tensions begin to spill out. We sat down for a chat with actor-turned-writer/director Barreto - who won...
- 12/5/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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