A Yellow Animal

Local title
Kollane loom
Original title
Um Animal Amarelo
Director
Felipe Bragança
Country
Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique
Year
2020
Programme
Rebels with a Cause Competition

Felipe Bragança is becoming a recurring name in PÖFF: his debut was as assistant director and screenwriter in 2014 with the feature film "Praia do Futuro". As a director, Felipe made his debut in 2017’s PÖFF with "Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!", with great acclaim.

Fernando is a broken Brazilian filmmaker with a curse on his back. He grew up haunted by his grandfather’s memorabilia and a Mozambican spirit promising big wealth in the future. Persecuted by the political and cultural scenario in his own country, Fernando dives into a journey of adventures and miracles through Brazil, Portugal and Mozambique, searching for clues of his grandfather’s violent past and discovering his own past at last. With elements of Magic Realism, "A Yellow Animal" is a film about freedom and utopia. A seductive story about the mix of cultures that generated the Brazilian identity. A tropical tragicomic tale.

Antonio Bordallo

Director
Felipe Bragança
Screenwriter
Felipe Bragança
Cast
Higor Campagnaro, Catarina Wallenstein, Isabél Zuaa, Tainá Medina, Matamba Joaquim
Producer
Marina Meliande, Luís Urbano
DoP
Glauco Firpo
Editor
Marina Meliande, Karen Black
Music
Jonas Sá, Ricardo Dias Gomes
Production
Duas Mariola Filmes, O Som e a Fúria
Runtime
Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
English
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker