A Day with Jerusa

  • Un día con Jerusa
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 74 (in minutes)
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"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-year-old lady, eyewitness to the daily life on Bixiga, a neighborhood filled with ancestral memories. On Jerusa's birthday, while she waits for her family's arrival, the encounter between her deepest memories and Silvia's mediumship allows them to travel through time and realities common to their ancestry.

A film by Viviane FERREIRA sélectionné pour le FESPACO 2021.

Brazil, 2020, fiction, 1h14', DCP, Dolby Digital (5.1), Color, 2.35 : 1, in Portuguese

Stars: Léa Garcia, Débora Marçal, Antonio Pitanga, Tássia Reis

Original title (Portuguese): Um Dia com Jerusa
International title: A Day with Jerusa
Country: Brazil
Year: 2020
Runtime: 1 hr 14 min (74 min)
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital (5.1)
Color: Color (Full HD)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1 (high definition)
Medium: DCP
Language: Portuguese

Keywords: black woman | black cinema | brazilian cinema | independent film | Directed by Women | 2nd Brazilian female feature ever | Cinema Negro Brasileiro

Producer
Viviane Ferreira

Filmmaker: Viviane Ferreira
Writer: Viviane Ferreira
Director of Photography: Lílis Soares
Directrice de la photographie : Lílis Soares
Décors : Jamile Coelho
Costumes : Bea Gerolin
Cattering de mae : Valdineia Ferreira

Cast (in credits order)
Léa Garcia................... Jerusa
Débora Marçal............. Silvia
Antonio Pitanga............ Tião
Tássia Reis................... Special participation
Heliana Hemetério........
Valdinéia Soriano..........
Valdecir Nascimento......
Kizzi Sakille...................
Kilouanji Cunha.............
Ian Gabriel....................
Victor Augusto..............
Majo Sesan..................
Flávia Rosa...................
Adriana Paixão..............
Priscila Obaci.................

Production Company
Odun Formação & Produção

Sales
Viviane Ferreira


2020 | Festival de Cinema de Caruaru, de 23 de agosto a 13 de setembro
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2020 | Festival Latinidades | 22 de Jul, 19h
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2019 | Encontro de Cinema Negro Zozimo Bulbul
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2020 | 23rd Tiradentes Film Festival | 24 Jan - 1st Fev 2020
* Nominee: Audience Award (Best Feature Film)
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