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Ibicaba: The Promised Paradise ()
Directed by Andrea Štaka
History, Drama
In 1855, a Swiss working-class single mother travels to Brazil, drawn by the promise of a better life but is instead confronted with a system of debt, surveillance and exploitation within a society deeply structured by slavery. Her path crosses with that of Inocência, an enslaved Black woman who possesses healing knowledge, knows the land, and devises her own strategies of resistance.
Cast
Ella Rumpf
Júlio Andrade
Ana Flavia Cavalcanti
Crew
- Director
- Andrea Štaka
- Writer
- Andrea Štaka
- Novel
- Eveline Hasler
Details
- Original title
- Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil, Switzerland
- Production
- Cinédokké Sagl, MyMama Entertainment, MMM Carioca