In a bid to explore new avenues of distribution, Colombian-German-Italian co-production “When in Venice,” by Colombian director-producer Juan Zapata of Zapata Filmes, will bow simultaneously May 13 in theaters in at least eight countries and be available worldwide on VOD and Tvod platforms.
Shot completely in pre-pandemic Venice in 2018, the sight of mask-free crowds, of people embracing, shaking hands and nuzzling, is disorienting at first.
“When in Venice” is a love letter to the iconic Italian city as well as the story of two strangers who make a pact to visit the city together, albeit with some rather odd rules.
He’s Max, a German businessman (Peter Ketnath) in the middle of breaking up with his girlfriend and she’s Maria, a Brazilian pastry chef (Bellatrix Serra) doing research.
In the trailer that Zapata Filmes bows exclusively with Variety, Max and Maria meet at a bar and while on the train ride to Venice,...
Shot completely in pre-pandemic Venice in 2018, the sight of mask-free crowds, of people embracing, shaking hands and nuzzling, is disorienting at first.
“When in Venice” is a love letter to the iconic Italian city as well as the story of two strangers who make a pact to visit the city together, albeit with some rather odd rules.
He’s Max, a German businessman (Peter Ketnath) in the middle of breaking up with his girlfriend and she’s Maria, a Brazilian pastry chef (Bellatrix Serra) doing research.
In the trailer that Zapata Filmes bows exclusively with Variety, Max and Maria meet at a bar and while on the train ride to Venice,...
- 4/9/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus
Marcelo Gomes' appealing little road picture, "Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus" (Cinema, Asiprins and Vultures) tells an affecting tale of a German driving around the barren north country of Brazil selling the new wonder drug aspirin during World War Two.
Unlikely to break out of the festival circuit, the film is well worth seeing for its views of the parched wilderness of far-flung Brazil and its talkative depiction of an unlikely friendship.
Johann (Peter Ketnath) is a young German, blond and handsome, who signed on as a ship's waiter just before war broke out, and fetched up in Brazil where he has spent three months selling the new drug to farmers and peasants. He accomplishes this by setting up a makeshift screen and showing Brazilian commercials for aspirin that make buying it seem positively patriotic.
Along the way, he encounters Ranulpho (Joao Miguel), an itinerant and likeably bilious northerner who becomes his assistant as they travel the sun-blighted region. Their friendship and the weird and wonderful people they meet on the road occupy the rest of a film.
Ranulpho's desire to live a life of freedom and Johann's wish to live a life free of war are finally threatened when Brazil declares war on Germany.
Gomes explores his themes with considerable insight and uses film projection to create some simple but magical sequences.
CINEMA, ASPIRINAS E URUBUS (Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures)
Rec Produtores Assoc., Dezenove Som e Imagens
Credits: Director: Marcelo Gomes; Screenwriters: Marcelo Gomes, Paulo Gomes, Karim Ainouz; Inspired by tales of a journey by: Ranulpho Gomes; Producers: Sara Silveira; Maria Ionescu, Joao Vieira Jr.; Cinematographer: Mauro Pinheiro; Art director: Marcos Pedroso; Editor: Karen Harley; Music: Tomas Alves de Souza. Cast: Johann: Peter Ketnath; Ranulpho: Joao Miguel; Adelina: Fabiana Pirro; Man at restaurant: Jose Leite; Woman with chicken: Zezita Matos; Jovelina: Hermila Guedes; Claudionor Assis: Oswaldo Mil; Maria da Paz: Veronica Cavalcanti; Cacador: Mano Fialho.
No MPAA rating,
running time 99 minutes...
Unlikely to break out of the festival circuit, the film is well worth seeing for its views of the parched wilderness of far-flung Brazil and its talkative depiction of an unlikely friendship.
Johann (Peter Ketnath) is a young German, blond and handsome, who signed on as a ship's waiter just before war broke out, and fetched up in Brazil where he has spent three months selling the new drug to farmers and peasants. He accomplishes this by setting up a makeshift screen and showing Brazilian commercials for aspirin that make buying it seem positively patriotic.
Along the way, he encounters Ranulpho (Joao Miguel), an itinerant and likeably bilious northerner who becomes his assistant as they travel the sun-blighted region. Their friendship and the weird and wonderful people they meet on the road occupy the rest of a film.
Ranulpho's desire to live a life of freedom and Johann's wish to live a life free of war are finally threatened when Brazil declares war on Germany.
Gomes explores his themes with considerable insight and uses film projection to create some simple but magical sequences.
CINEMA, ASPIRINAS E URUBUS (Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures)
Rec Produtores Assoc., Dezenove Som e Imagens
Credits: Director: Marcelo Gomes; Screenwriters: Marcelo Gomes, Paulo Gomes, Karim Ainouz; Inspired by tales of a journey by: Ranulpho Gomes; Producers: Sara Silveira; Maria Ionescu, Joao Vieira Jr.; Cinematographer: Mauro Pinheiro; Art director: Marcos Pedroso; Editor: Karen Harley; Music: Tomas Alves de Souza. Cast: Johann: Peter Ketnath; Ranulpho: Joao Miguel; Adelina: Fabiana Pirro; Man at restaurant: Jose Leite; Woman with chicken: Zezita Matos; Jovelina: Hermila Guedes; Claudionor Assis: Oswaldo Mil; Maria da Paz: Veronica Cavalcanti; Cacador: Mano Fialho.
No MPAA rating,
running time 99 minutes...
- 5/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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