【Premiere of Chinese and Lusophone Films】Betânia

★ Berlin International Film Festival

★ São Paulo International Film Festival

Betânia, the 65-year-old stalwart family matriarch, is on a turbulent ride on the ever-shifting sands of time. In the wake of her husband’s death, Betânia is forced to move back to the village where she was born, leaving behind a lifetime of memories and a simple, agrarian lifestyle without electricity on the cutting edge of a newborn Brazilian desert not so far from Amazon. Like the miraculous wildflowers found in the desert oases that punctuate the barren landscape, Betânia and her family eventually bloom into new vitality, while the world ends.

Director｜Marcelo Botta

Cast｜Diana Mattos, Ulysses Azevedo, Nádia D'Cássia