A 50-year-old woman finds herself in the Amazon—and suddenly remembers she has a body.
Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to rescue her desires, facing her dilemmas that confront the illegal trafficking of wild birds.
Acting
Dira Paes directs herself into volcanic stillness.
Cinematography
The Amazon as protagonist, predator, and witness.
Sound
Birdsong as dialogue, silence as scream.
Director
Dira Paes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dira Paes is a major Brazilian actress making her directorial debut at 56, casting herself as a woman society forgot.
The title references a utopia in Brazilian modernist poetry—ironic, since Irene's paradise keeps leaking darkness.
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