A Febre
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Run Time: 98 min. Format: Online Virtual Ticket
Maya Da-Rin’s new film follows, Justino, a 45 years old Desana native, who works as a security guard at the cargo port of Manaus — an industrial city surrounded by the Amazon rainforest. . Since the death of his wife, his main company is his youngest daughter Vanessa with whom he lives in a modest house on the outskirts of town. Vanessa, who works as a nurse, is accepted to study medicine in Brasilia and will soon leave home.
As the days go by, Justino is overcome by a strong fever. At night, a mysterious creature follows his footsteps. During the day, he fights to stay awake at work. But soon the tedious routine of the harbor is broken by the arrival of a new guard. Meanwhile, his brother’s visit makes Justino remember the life in the forest he left twenty years ago. Between the oppression of the city and the distance of his native village, Justino can no longer endure an existence without place.