Your dead grandpa left you a boozy scavenger hunt and family secrets. Road trip?
Two sisters with very different personalities and who have not spoken with each other for years come together to fulfill their grandfather’s last wish, a kind of wild treasure hunt that leads them to know their true history, helping them to grieve the sufferings of the past and reconnect with themselves and with one another.
Acting
Lopes and Paes crackle with lived-in sibling resentment
Writing
Treasure hunt structure masks genuine emotional architecture
Direction
Dual directors balance absurdity and ache deftly
Director
Julio Taubkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Saideira' refers to the Brazilian tradition of one last drink—fitting for a film about finality and reluctant goodbyes.
Tonico Pereira plays dual roles as twin brothers; the directors kept which grandfather scenes were which a secret from the sisters' actresses until filming.
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