THE HOUSE IS AN ISLAND MADE OF WIND AND RAIN

LETÍCIA SIMÕES

2017, 94’
Brazilian Amazonian writer Dalcídio Jurandir was born in 1909 and died in 1979. He wrote 11 books, ten of them on the Island of Marajó and its inhabitants. His main character is named Alfredo. Dalcídio tells his story from his childhood in Cachoeira do Arari to the mishaps of adult life in Belém, culminating in his return to the island. In 1939, at the age of 30, fresh out of prison for protesting against the Brazilian dictatorship, Dalcídio accepted a job that no one wanted: to travel the world`s largest sea-river island, inspecting public schools. During this trip, he writes letters to his wife, Guiomarina, and to his nine-month-old son, Alfredo. In 2017, the filmmaker Letícia Simões travels to Marajó searching the characters of Dalcídio.

about the director LETÍCIA SIMÕES

Graduated in Media at PUC-Rio and studied Cinema at the London Academy of Film, Media and TV and Fine Arts at London Art Academy. She has a Master`s in Film-Essay from the Film and Television School of San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba, and a Master`s in Contemporary Studies of the Arts from the Fluminense Federal University, Brazil. She wrote two poetry books, People from whom I Stole Phrases and From Here, in 1976, I Waved to You. She wrote and directed the feature documentaries Wide Sargasso Sea and Everything Will Be Colored as You Wish and The House Is an Island Made of Wind and Rain.

Filmografia
[2018] O Chalé É uma Ilha Batida de Vento e Chuva
[2016] Manual
[2014] Tudo Vai Ficar da Cor que Você Quiser
[2013] A Geografia É Algum Lugar entre o Coração e Aquilo que já Foi
[2011] Bruta Aventura em Versos


TRAILER  

original title

O CHALÉ É UMA ILHA BATIDA DE VENTO E CHUVA

country

Brazil

ratings

Free

screenplay

Letícia Simões

cinematography

Letícia Simões

editing

Eduardo Chatagnier

sound

Laura Zimmerman

sound designer

O Grivo

soundtrack

O Grivo

producer

Letícia Simões, Luna Gomides

executive producer

Mariana Ferraz, Guilherme Coelho

production manager

Laura Aragão

production company

Matizar Filmes

cast

Dalcídio Jurandir, Guiomarina, Alfredo, Seu Raimundo, Junior, Seu Lourenço

contact

leticia.c.simoes@gmail.com