A MARRIAGE

mônica simões

2016, 80’

The documentary talks about a wedding which narrative is built through the confrontation of memories: the subjective memory, composed by the memories of the bride (the main character), as well as by the memories of the bride’s daughter (the film director), against the concrete memory which is represented by domestic films, photos, love letters and the family’s house. The narrative also incorporates as language the effects of the time passage on these objects, as well as on the character’s memories.

about the director mônica simões

She was born in Salvador, Bahia in 1955. She is a photographer, videomaker, visual artist and a documentary filmmaker. She graduated in History and a Master`s degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Bahia. She made an artistic residency at the Art and Media Academy in Cologne, Germany. She directed the documentary Negros, awarded for Best Research from the Festival do Filme de Arquivo (Brazil), and Best Direction in Festival do Filme Etnográfico do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Simões also directed the documentaries Repercussão da Lata, Entrelinhas, Anísio Teixeira, among others, all medium-length films for TV. A Marriage is her first feature film. 

TRAILER  

original title

UM CASAMENTO

country

Brazil

ratings

Free

screenplay

Mônica Simões, Nicolau Vergueiro

cinematography

Mush Emmons

editing

Jordana Berg

production designer

Raquel Rocha

sound

Napoleão Cunha

sound designer

Ébora Morbi, Vitor Moraes, Camila Mariga

soundtrack

Luizão Pereira

producer

Beatriz Carvalho, Mônica Simões, Rafael Sampaio

executive producer

Mônica Simões, João Calmon

production company

Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual

distribution

Pandora Filmes

contact

contato@klaxon.art.br

The documentary talks about a wedding which narrative is built through the confrontation of memories: the subjective memory, composed by the memories of the bride (the main character), as well as by the memories of the bride’s daughter (the film director), against the concrete memory which is represented by domestic films, photos, love letters and the family’s house. The narrative also incorporates as language the effects of the time passage on these objects, as well as on the character’s memories.

about the director mônica simões

She was born in Salvador, Bahia in 1955. She is a photographer, videomaker, visual artist and a documentary filmmaker. She graduated in History and a Master`s degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Bahia. She made an artistic residency at the Art and Media Academy in Cologne, Germany. She directed the documentary Negros, awarded for Best Research from the Festival do Filme de Arquivo (Brazil), and Best Direction in Festival do Filme Etnográfico do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Simões also directed the documentaries Repercussão da Lata, Entrelinhas, Anísio Teixeira, among others, all medium-length films for TV. A Marriage is her first feature film.