Presented by director Luiz Fernando Carvalho and actor Maria Fernanda Cândido
Also presented by Christine Villeneuve
Cultural Support: Des Femmes
Based on the work of Clarice Lispector.
Rio de Janeiro, 1964. At the end of a love affair, G.H., a wealthy sculptress from Copacabana, fires her maid and decides to clean her apartment, beginning with the maid's room. There, G.H. comes across an enormous cockroach, revealing her own dread of the world, a reflection of a society full of prejudices against those it considers subordinate. Faced with the insect, G.H. lives out an existential ordeal. The experience recounts the loss of her identity and leads her to question all the social conventions which imprison women to this day.
Maria Fernanda Candido, Samira Nancassa
- Directed by: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
- Written by: Melina Dalboni, Luiz Fernando Carvalho
- Producers: Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Maria Clara Fernandez, Marcello Maia
- Camera: Paulo Mancini, Miqueias Lino
- Editing: Márcio Hashimoto, Nina Galanternick
- Art Direction: João Irênio
- Sound Design: Alan Zilli, Eduardo Hamerschlak
- Mixing: Eduardo Hamerschlak, Armando Torres Jr, abc
- Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) 2024: Grand Prize and Best Actress
- Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands)
- Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Argentina): Grand Prize; Best Acting Award – Maria Fernanda Cândido
- FILMADRID – International Film Festival (Spain): Special Young Jury Prize – Best Film; Special Young Jury Prize – Maria Fernanda Cândido
- Terra Di Siena Festival (Italy): Best Film; Best Actress – Maria Fernanda Cândido
- São Paulo International Film Festival
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
- Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris (France)
- Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Bordeaux (France)
Presented by director Luiz Fernando Carvalho and actor Maria Fernanda Cândido
Also presented by Christine Villeneuve
Cultural Support: Des Femmes
in partnership with the bookstore LA MACHINE À LIRE
-Presented by actress Maria Fernanda Cândido and director Luiz Fernando Carvalho
