Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Duration: 1h 25min

 

An elderly woman embarks on a transformative journey down the Amazon River to reclaim her freedom.

Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail” is a balmy riverboat ride into the unknown – as well as a bolshy protest against ageism and a warning about possible authoritarian futures, in Brazil and elsewhere. Brazilian filmmaker Mascaro captured attention with working-class drama “Neon Bull” (2015), but his new film is a somewhat gentler follow-up to 2019’s “Divine Love”, which was a stylised vision of a fundamentalist dystopia.

Centred on a winning performance from Brazilian stage and screen veteran Denise Weinberg, with support including international star Rodrigo Santoro (“300”, “Westworld” et al), “The Blue Trail” is entrancingly unpredictable in its picaresque unravelling, tinged with magical realist touches.

 

The film won the Silver Bear, the grand jury prize, at the Berlinale Film Festival.

 

Country: Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands
Director: Gabriel Mascaro
Cast: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras
Language: Portugese
Subtitles: Estonian, English