Three Summers
By Sandra Kogut
Country: Brazil, France
Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Original title: Três Verões
Casting: Regina Casé, Rogério Fróes, Otavio Müller
Production year: 2019
Runtime: 01h34
Production company: República Pureza Filmes, Gloria Films Production
Every December, between Christmas and New Year, Edgar and Marta host a lavish family celebration at their luxurious summer house by the beach. In 2015 all seems well, despite some tense phone calls and a guest wearing an ankle monitor. In 2016 the annual party is abruptly cancelled. What happens to the invisible people living in the orbit of the rich and powerful when these lives collapse? Through the gaze of an employee and a forgotten elderly father, both victims of the neoliberal nightmare, we see a portrait of contemporary Brazil just before the tragedy of 2018. The signs were all there, but we didn’t know how to read them.
TIFF 2019 – Contemporary World Cinema
Hamptons IFF 2019
Antalya FF 2019 – Best Actress Winner
Leiden IFF 2019
Festival on Wheels 2019
La Habana FF 2019 – Best Editing Winner
Rio IFF 2019 – Best Actress Winner
Palm Springs 2020 – World Cinema Now
Göteborg FF 2020
Glasgow FF 2020
Panama IFF 2020
Malaga IFF 2020
Bari IFF 2020
Chicago Latino FF 2020
DC Washington FF 2020
« Cleverly written and staged. Marks another occasion for Brazilian actress Regina Casé to shine in the role of a housekeeper trying to overcome stiff social barriers and find her own slice of happiness. » - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
