The co-production between Brazil and Italy “Until the music stops“, by the Rio Grande do Sul filmmaker Cristiane Oliveira, will premiere on October 3rd in cinemas in the South American country.
Much of the production is spoken in Talian, a dialect that emerged from the mixture of Portuguese with the languages of immigrants who came from northern Italy to Brazil in the 19th century.
The film tells the story of the couple Alfredo and Chiara, played by Cibele Tedesco and Hugo Lorensatti, from the Miseri Coloni theater group, from Caxias do Sul (RS). After the last child leaves home, Chiara, matriarch of a family of Italian descent, decides to accompany her husband on his travels as a salesman in the bars of Serra Gaúcha. A turtle and decks of cards will put more than 50 years of life together to the test.
The cast also includes the Brazilian actress Elisa Volpatto, Italian actor Nicolas Vaporidis and other local talents.
Filmed in three cities in the Serra GauchaSet in Antônio Prado, Veranópolis, Nova Roma do Sul, and Nova Bassano, the film addresses themes dear to Cristiane's cinema, such as family relationships and grief, but presented from a different perspective.
“The recent rise in hate speech has torn many families apart in Brazil. This film is a bit about that pain, and throughout the film we asked ourselves a lot about what words make you give up on someone you love. What is the limit of your tolerance?” explains the director.
The work, which made its debut at the Rio Festival (2023) in the Première Brasil Competitive Exhibition, is produced by Okna Productions in co-production with the Italian Solaria Films.
Winner of the award for projects with potential for co-production from the Brazil-Italy call for proposals (2016), promoted jointly by Ancine and the Italian Ministry of Culture, the feature film is the third by the Brazilian director, whose resume includes “Father's wife"and "Joana's first death". (Handle)
