Your dead dad mails you a package from beyond time itself. Do you open it?
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the handwriting on the envelope: this could only be sent by his father, Ernesto, who has been dead for many years. A father who always created unusual situations. In this time warp, Carlos is split in two: one Carlos remembers and the other forgets the moments he spent with his father.
Acting
Tony Ramos playing dual Carloss with subtle distinction
Direction
Ruy Guerra's 85-year-old masterful surrealist vision
Production
The package itself: tactile mystery prop perfection
Director
Ruy Guerra
Tony Ramos
Carlos
João Miguel
Ernesto
Charles Fricks
Carlos (jovem)
Mariana Ximenes
Maria
Antonio Pedro
Capitão Giordano
Julio Adrião
Mário Flores
Flávio Bauraqui
Seu Ministro
Thiago Justino
Gomes
Augusto Madeira
Tio Alberico
Inês Peixoto
Mãe de Maria
Lourival Prudêncio
Monsenhor Lapenha
Ana Kutner
Sônia
Thierry Trémouroux
Rei da Bélgica
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ruy Guerra made this at 85, his first feature in 17 years, adapting his own stage play.
The film draws from Brazilian modernist tradition of 'antropofagia'—cannibalizing personal history to create new meaning.
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