Vicente goes to Egypt to cover some news for his newspaper, but then he decides to take the investigation further, along the Tropic of Cancer, further and further away (in time and space) from home, and his difficult love life. Therefore he revisits the lands explored 500 years before by the seafarers from his own people: Egypt, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Laos, China... Eventually he must come back.
Cinematography
Gorgeous, patient shots of Asia that refuse to exoticize.
Direction
Ferreira's debut already knows exactly what it's doing.
Director
Ivo M. Ferreira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferreira shot much of this guerrilla-style across actual locations, often with minimal crew and local non-actors.
The title 'Em Volta' means both 'around/about' and 'return' — the entire film lives in that pun.
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