Sneak Preview

BRAZIL DAY HAPPY HOUR
Pracna • 6:00pm - 7:15pm

Celebrate the Brazilian films at Cine Latino at the Brazil Day Happy Hour following the Sneak Preview of Power Alley (Levante), screening for the first time in the US at 5:00pm, and before the Bossa Nova music documentary Elis & Tom at 7:30pm.
Catering by Vicensotti
Hosted by Lili Hall

About the film

For seventeen-year-old Sofia (Ayomi Domenica Dias), life seems almost perfect. She shines as a volleyball player, enjoys a blooming relationship with a teammate, and seems destined for a bright international future when she finds out she is pregnant. She plans to terminate the pregnancy, but in Brazil, abortion is a crime and the conservative community that surrounds her makes Sofia the target of their anti-abortion fury. Trapped and about to lose everything, her future is no longer in her hands. With no way out in sight, her teammates and coach close ranks around her. She is no longer alone.

Driven by compelling performances, energetic editing, and a dazzling score, this hopeful and spirited celebration of sisterhood and resistance in the face of Brazilian conservatism is the luminous debut feature of writer/director Lillah Halla and the winner of this year’s FIPRESCI Award at the Cannes Critics' Week.

Para Sofía (Ayomi Domenica Dias), una joven de diecisiete años, la vida parece casi perfecta. Triunfa como jugadora de voleibol, disfruta de una relación prometedora con una compañera de su equipo y parece destinada a un brillante futuro internacional cuando descubre que está embarazada. Ella planea interrumpir el embarazo, pero en Brasil, el aborto es un delito y la comunidad conservadora que la rodea convierte a Sofía en el blanco de su furia contra el aborto. Atrapada y a punto de perderlo todo, su futuro ya no está en sus manos. Sin salida a la vista, sus compañeras y su entrenadora cierran filas a su alrededor. Ella ya no está sola. Con actuaciones sobresalientes, un montaje electrizante y una banda sonora magistral, este canto de esperanza y celebración de la resistencia de las mujeres frente al conservadurismo brasileño es el luminoso debut de la guionista y directora Lillah Halla y la ganadora del Premio FIPRESCI en la Semana de la Crítica de Cannes 2023.