Historias Que So Existem Quando Lembradas

• Director: Julia Murat
• Writer: Julia Murat, Maria Clara Escobar, Felipe Sholl
• Cast: Sonia Guedes, Lisa Favero, Luiz Serra, Ricardo Merkin
• Theatrical Release Date: May 11, 2012

Synopsis: In Brazil’s Paraiba Valley, dotted with abandoned estates, ghost towns and vestiges of a short-lived coffee boom, lies the fictitious village of Jotuomba. Here, in a town that has been forgotten by the rest of the world, life rolls on at a languid pace for its elderly inhabitants. When young photographer Rita finds the town by following the unused railroad tracks, her presence, and her questioning of the locked cemetery gates, reveals the secret to Jotuomba’s mystery. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]