Loveling
Irene lives in a crumbling house in the outskirts of Rio with her husband and her four sons. Her teenage son Fernando is a local handball star and when he’s scouted to play professionally in Germany, the family has only a few weeks to ready his departure and say goodbye. The perspective of Fernando leaving is a shock and a big change in Irene’s life but also a chance to see herself as a woman again and not just as a mother. Irene gets her high-school diploma, finds a new job and pushes forward with plans for a new family home. As she flourishes, things begin to look up for her family as well. Irene understands that while some things come to an end, new things start and the future is bright as long as they stick together.
Director: Gustavo Pizzi
Screenwriter: Gustavo Pizzi e Karine Teles
Production Companies: Bubbles Project (Brazil), TvZERO (Brazil), Baleia Filmes (Brazil) e Mutante Cine (Uruguay)
Year: 2017
Production stage: Finished
Festivals
Sundance 2018 – World Cinema Competition
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 – Voices
Goteborg International Film Festival 2018
Cine Latino Rencontres de Toulouse 2018
Malaga Film Festival 2018
Santa Maria da Feira 2018
San Francisco International Film Festival 2018
Washington, DC International Film Festival 2018
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018
Busan International Film Festival 2018
Gramado Film Festival 2018
Labs and Coproduction Markets
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde, Cannes 2013
Brasil Cinemundi, Belo Horizonte em 2013
Cinemart, Festival de Rotterdam 2014
BoostNL – Holland Film Meeting e Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2016/2017
Awards
Best Film – Málaga Film Festival 2018
FIPRESCI Award – Málaga Film Festival 2018
Best Film – Santa Maria da Feira 2018
Best Film, Critic’s Choice – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Film, Public Award – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Actress, Karine Teles – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Supporting Actress, Adriana Esteves – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Ibero-american Film – International Film Festival Panamá 2019
Migrant FF – Best Picture
Goya Award – Nominee
Ibermedia Production
