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ABSENCE (AUSENCIA)
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Completed - Thriller - 87 minutes

Log Line

A net of moments in the life of a boy in transition.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Chico TEIXEIRA
Writer(s) : Chico TEIXEIRA, César TURIM, Sabina ANZUATEGUI
Cast : Matheus FAGUNDES,, Irandhir SANTOS, Francisca GAVILÁN,, Gilda NOMACCE, Thiago DE MATOS

Producer(s) : Bossanova FILMS

Synopsis

Without a father at home, Serginho has become the man of the house, forced to leave school to earn a living and take care of his mother and younger brother. No longer a boy, not yet a man, he begins to find himself when two friendships come into his life; one with a professor who brings affection he never expected and one with a circus performer who offers him a chance to find a new family. Absence" won the Best Actor Prize (for Matheus Fagundes) and the Special Jury Prize at the Rio International Film Festival. It also won four awards at Fest Aruanda 2014 (BR), after being exhibited at the 38th São Paulo International Film Festival.

Production

Country(ies) : BRAZIL

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015 Panorama


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