Exclusive: Darren Aronofsky-produced Brazilian drama Pacified tonight won the Golden Shell top prize at Spain’s prestigious San Sebastian Film Festival. We spoke to the Black Swan and mother! director about how he came to the project, which is his company Protozoa Pictures’ first foreign-language film, and what’s next for him.
Portuguese-language pic Pacified charts the relationship between a street-smart 13 year-old girl and her ex-trafficker father as they try to find peace in a Rio favela. U.S. filmmaker Paxton Winters was inspired to direct the film after moving to live in the same favela.
Bukassa Kabengele, who tonight won San Sebastian’s best actor prize, stars with newcomer Cassia Gil, Debora Nascimento and José Loreto. Also producing alongside Protozoa are Paula Linhares, Lisa Muskat and Marcos Tellechea.
Aronofsky’s initial connection to the project was a personal one, “I have known Paxton for a long time,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker told us today.
Portuguese-language pic Pacified charts the relationship between a street-smart 13 year-old girl and her ex-trafficker father as they try to find peace in a Rio favela. U.S. filmmaker Paxton Winters was inspired to direct the film after moving to live in the same favela.
Bukassa Kabengele, who tonight won San Sebastian’s best actor prize, stars with newcomer Cassia Gil, Debora Nascimento and José Loreto. Also producing alongside Protozoa are Paula Linhares, Lisa Muskat and Marcos Tellechea.
Aronofsky’s initial connection to the project was a personal one, “I have known Paxton for a long time,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker told us today.
- 9/28/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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