Exclusive: Smp Productions, the international sales arm of Irish production co Silver Mountain Productions, has taken worldwide rights outside of Brazil to Cibele Amaral’s second feature Why Won’t You Cry?.
The film was in official selection at the 48th Gramado Film Festival last month. It stars Bárbara Paz and Carolina Monte Rosa in the story of a troubled psychology student whose encounter with a patient forces her to confront the darkest corners of her own unexamined psyche. The film seeks to highlight universal taboos surrounding mental health and care, particularly for women.
As a train psychologist, Braziliam filmmaker Amaral says the film’s themes chime with our times. “Now, in 2020, with so many of us coming face to face with the psychological challenges thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic, this film is more urgent than ever, shining essential light on the unspoken complexities of isolation and depression that...
The film was in official selection at the 48th Gramado Film Festival last month. It stars Bárbara Paz and Carolina Monte Rosa in the story of a troubled psychology student whose encounter with a patient forces her to confront the darkest corners of her own unexamined psyche. The film seeks to highlight universal taboos surrounding mental health and care, particularly for women.
As a train psychologist, Braziliam filmmaker Amaral says the film’s themes chime with our times. “Now, in 2020, with so many of us coming face to face with the psychological challenges thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic, this film is more urgent than ever, shining essential light on the unspoken complexities of isolation and depression that...
- 10/15/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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