Charcoal (film)

Charcoal
Promotional release poster
PortugueseCarvão
Directed byCarolina Markowicz
Written byCarolina Markowicz
Produced byZita Carvalhosa
Starring
CinematographyPepe Mendes
Edited byLautaro Colace
Music byAlejandro Kauderer
Production
companies
  • Superfilms
  • Biônica Filmes
  • Ajimolido Films
Release date
  • September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
107 minutes
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Charcoal (Portuguese: Carvão) is a 2022 Argentine-Brazilian black comedy-drama film written and directed by Carolina Markowicz.[1]

Plot

In the São Paulo countryside, a rural peasant family struggle to care for their ailing patriarch; one day, however, an Argentine drug lord arrives with an offer to give them a substantial amount of money conditional on permitting him to kill the old man and take his place as part of his efforts to hide out from criminal prosecution.

Cast

  • César Bordón as Miguel
  • Rômulo Braga
  • Jean de Almeida Costa as Jean
  • Maeve Jinkings as Irene
  • Camila Márdila as Luciana
  • Aline Marta Maia
  • Pedro Wagner

Release

The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022.[2] It also screened as part of the Latin Horizons program at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[3]

References

  1. ^ Holly Jones, "Urban Sales Swoops on Carolina Markowicz’s Toronto-San Sebastian Title ‘Charcoal’". Variety, August 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Frances O’Connor’s ‘Emily’ to open TIFF Platform alongside films from Maïmouna Doucouré, Rima Das". Screen Daily, 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ Eric Lavallée, "2022 San Sebastian: Barragán’s Octopus Skin, Markowicz’s Charcoal & Martelli’s 1976 Populate Horizontes Latinos". Ion Cinema, August 11, 2022.

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