Futuro Beach (Portuguese: Praia do Futuro) is a 2014 drama film co-written and directed by Karim Aïnouz, and starring Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick and Jesuíta Barbosa. Shot in Fortaleza and Berlin, the film had its world premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[2][3]
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| Portuguese | Praia do Futuro |
| Directed by | Karim Aïnouz |
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| Cinematography | Ali Olay Gözkaya |
| Edited by | Isabela Monteiro de Castro |
| Music by | Hauschka |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
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| Budget | $4 million |
| Box office | $779,835[1] |
Plot
editWhen Donato, a lifeguard at Praia do Futuro, fails to rescue a drowning German tourist, he feels the tourist's death was his fault and begins a journey to escape from his present self. Donato leaves for Berlin in search of his German lover, Konrad, whom he had met ten years earlier at Praia do Futuro and saved from drowning. Whenever he drifts away, his younger brother, Ayrton, brings him back.[4]
Cast
edit- Wagner Moura as Donato
- Clemens Schick as Konrad
- Jesuíta Barbosa as Ayrton
- Sabine Timoteo as Heiko's wife
- Ingo Naujoks as Mechanic
- Emily Cox as Nanna
- Natascha Paulick as bartender
- Christoph Zrenner as school janitor
- Sophie Charlotte Conrad as Dakota
- Yannik Burwiek as Heiko's son
References
edit- ^ "Futuro Beach (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete" (Press release). Berlinale. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Clemens Schick über seine Homosexualität: "Mich nerven die Schubladen und Klischees"" [Clemens Schick on his homosexuality: "The labels and clichés annoy me"]. Spiegel Online (in German). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ ""Praia do Futuro", com Wagner Moura, estreará 2 anos depois de ser filmado" ["Futuro Beach", starring Wagner Moura, will premiere 2 years after filming]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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