Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Duration: 1h 25min
An elderly woman embarks on a transformative journey down the Amazon River to reclaim her freedom.
Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail” is a balmy riverboat ride into the unknown – as well as a bolshy protest against ageism and a warning about possible authoritarian futures, in Brazil and elsewhere. Brazilian filmmaker Mascaro captured attention with working-class drama “Neon Bull” (2015), but his new film is a somewhat gentler follow-up to 2019’s “Divine Love”, which was a stylised vision of a fundamentalist dystopia.
Centred on a winning performance from Brazilian stage and screen veteran Denise Weinberg, with support including international star Rodrigo Santoro (“300”, “Westworld” et al), “The Blue Trail” is entrancingly unpredictable in its picaresque unravelling, tinged with magical realist touches.
The film won the Silver Bear, the grand jury prize, at the Berlinale Film Festival.
Country: Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands
Director: Gabriel Mascaro
Cast: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras
Language: Portugese
Subtitles: Estonian, English
In addition, we invite everyone to visit the exhibition, On Fragile Grounds. Sirje Runge and Light, at the Kai Art Center on the same day. Sirje Runge is one of the central figures of Estonian postwar art. The exhibition traces Runge’s lifelong exploration of light, color, and perception, from her geometric experiments of the 1970s to recent large-scale projects, and reconstructs her pioneering teaching practice.
If you visit both the cinema and the exhibition on the same day, you will receive a discount (15/10). The gallery is open until 6pm, so if you wish to also visit the exhibition, please visit come before the screening.
Kai Art Center • Peetri tänav 12, 10415 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia
