A spell-breaking, Quebrante traverses the caves, ruins, and phantasmagorias of the Trans-Amazonian BR230 Highway, portraying its stones and its ghosts. Set in tiny Rurópolis, the first town built on the road, Quebrante follows Ms. Erismar, a retired elementary school teacher known in the region as The Cave Woman.
Within one screening of this movie, you also will be able to watch the films We are on the map, The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township, Dust is a whale, is sunlight, How I Spent My Summer Holidays?
CREW:
Director: Janaina Wagner
Producer: Janaina Wagner
Cinematographer: Lucas Barbi
Sound: Carla Boregas
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Director
Janaina Wagner
Artist and filmmaker Janaina Wagner (São Paulo, 1989) works in video, drawing, and installations. Currently a PhD fellow at Le Fresnoy — Studio national des arts contemporains (FR), she aims to present a critical understanding of how humans impose systems of order and control upon their surroundings.
Selected Filmography
Quebrante (2024), Curupira e a Máquina do Destino (2021), Licantropia (2019), Ventura (2018)
