A Bob Dylan fan who goes by the name Mr. Tambourine passes his time in the Brazilian countryside by looking at photographs and movies on the Internet that seem to feature the same mysterious woman.

He doesn't have a first name and he's neither sad nor happy. He spends lots of time chatting on the Internet, lives alone with his mother, is a Bob Dylan fan and smokes weed with his mate Pedro. The teenager is haunted by the presence of a girl who, we suspect, is dead. Progressively we'll discover that lots of people in the town are committing suicide.From the earliest shots onwards, the emotion is constant and tangible. Between laughter and tears, the director has captured the quintessence of adolescence _ the state of being simultaneously vulnerable and all-powerful _ with consummate authenticity.The cinemascope image renders the adolescent's silhouette even more solitary, as if he was lost in the middle of the frame. Particular attention has been paid to the highly suggestive soundtrack. As to the end, it's like Bob sings "It's just blowin' in the wind."...

Intimist drama, Brésil/France
2009, 95', 35mm, Fr. subtitles

Director : Esmir Filho

Screenwriters : Ismael Caneppele, Esmir Filho
Director of Photography : Mauro Pinheiro Jr.

Actors
Henrique Larré, Tuane Eggers, Ismael Caneppele, Samuel Reginatto, Aurea Baptista

Production Companies
Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
Dezenove Som e Imagem
Dueto Filmes
Ioiô Filmes
UMédia
Warner Bros.

Film export/Foreign Sales : UMedia

Feature film, Fiction, Drama
Production languages : German, Portuguese
Production year : 2009
Runtime : 1h 41mn
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 2.35


PRIX / FESTIVALS / AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS / TELEVISIONS

2010 | Black Movie, Geneva | 12>21 february 2010 | www.blackmovie.ch/archives/2010/en/film.php?id=649
* SECTION: La nada y la rabia

2010 | International Film Festival of Berlin
* Génération 14Plus

Release dates
Switzerland 8 August 2009 (Locarno Film Festival)
Brazil 25 September 2009 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
France 30 September 2009 (Biarritz Latin film Festival)
South Korea 9 October 2009 (Pusan International Film Festival)
Chile 17 October 2009 (Valdivia International Film Festival)
Brazil 23 October 2009 (São Paulo International Film Festival)
Argentina 12 November 2009 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Germany 11 February 2010 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Brazil 2 April 2010
USA 24 April 2010 (San Francisco International Film Festival)


2009 | Havana Film Festival (Cuba)
* Won: Coral (Best Artistic Contribution)

2009 | Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Brazil)
* Won: FIPRESCI Prize
* Best Film (Melhor Filme)
* Première Brazil

2009 | Valdivia International Film Festival
Won: Best Director Award