A cabin in the Brazilian rainforest where the trees whisper and your boyfriend definitely lied about why you're there.
A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner that gruesome murders are taking place in that area. Intending to keep this information hidden from his girlfriend, Lauro and Renata discover they might be not alone when staying in a isolated house.
Cinematography
The rainforest eats the frame whole
Acting
Bruno Gagliasso's nervous energy carries it
Sound
Every cicscream is a jump scare
Director
Tomás Portella
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomás Portella shot this in actual rural Rio state, and locals reportedly refused to visit certain filming locations.
The film touches on 'coronelismo'—historical landowner violence that still echoes in Brazilian rural politics.
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