A film by Sandra Kogut Portuguese, with subtitles in English Brazil, 2007 (86 minutes) Imaginative boy living on a small, hardscrabble farm in a remote region of Brazil faces the reality of his parents unahppy marriage... SCREENINGS: St. Anthony Main 4/24 Fri. 9:45pm 4/29 Wed. 9:45 PM
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Synopsis

In this coming-of-age story, Thiago is a sensitive and imaginative boy of 10 living on a small, hardscrabble farm in a remote region of Brazil. His life is filled not only with curiosity and youthful discovery, but also the reality of his parent's unhappy marriage and his father's abuse — all of which are one day changed by a chance encounter and unexpected gift.  Director Sandra Kogut, 36, in her poetic adaptation of Brazilian Guimaraes Rosa's novel, Campo Geral, focuses on minute details of rural life to tell a bittersweet tale of one boy's growing up through events both great and small.  The semi-arid Brazilian outback was the setting of much of the work of Rosa, considered one of Brazil's greatest modern writers.

(In Portuguese;  English subtitles)

About the Director
Sandra Kogut was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1965. She began her career creating performance pieces and installations in Brazil, France and the United States. Her short films have won numerous awards at festivals worldwide and her work has been featured in many venues throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Harvard Film Archive and the Forum des Images. Mutum is her first feature film.