When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Writing
Sharp satire of funding culture and artistic pretension.
Acting
Fernanda Torres balances deadpan with desperate hope.
Direction
Furtado's documentary-style realism sells the absurdity.
Director
Jorge Furtado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on true events in Bento Gonçalves, where a mayor actually did this in the 1970s. The grant was for 'cultural development.'
Furtado's rare feature-length fiction; he's better known for Oscar-nominated shorts and the iconic 'Isle of Flowers.' The cast reads like a who's-who of 2000s Brazilian cinema.
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