There’s nothing quite like first love, and in Alice Furtado’s feature directorial debut, “Sick Sick Sick” (“Sem Seu Sangue”), the Brazilian filmmaker takes that idea to wild new ends. The film will premiere later this month at Cannes in its Directors’ Fortnight section, heralding the arrival of Furtado as a deeply visual and very talented rising star to watch.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “Silvia is an introspective young girl who is not interested in the daily routine between family and school. Everything abruptly changes when Artur arrives unexpectedly in her class, after being banned from several other schools. Silvia is amazed by the vitality of the boy, who actually suffers from a serious illness — hemophilia. The two immerse themselves in an intense and brief coexistence, interrupted by an accident in which Artur bleeds to death. Silvia gets sick and sees her life turn into a strange nightmare.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “Silvia is an introspective young girl who is not interested in the daily routine between family and school. Everything abruptly changes when Artur arrives unexpectedly in her class, after being banned from several other schools. Silvia is amazed by the vitality of the boy, who actually suffers from a serious illness — hemophilia. The two immerse themselves in an intense and brief coexistence, interrupted by an accident in which Artur bleeds to death. Silvia gets sick and sees her life turn into a strange nightmare.
- 5/1/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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