Cinegogía

Café com canela

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Title / Título (Original)

Café com canela

Title

Coffee with Cinnamon

Release Date / Fecha de estreno

2017

Film Guide / Guía de película

Language / Idioma

Portuguese / portugués

Country / País

Production Company / Compañía de Producción

Rosza Filmes (Brazil)

Description / Descripción

Violeta lives in a tight-knit community in Bahia, Brazil. She is far from the only one struggling with grief and loss: there is also a grandmother entirely dependent on care, a woman desperately searching for love and a young doctor who – after 20 years – is left by his great love, a much older man. Everyone thought they lived together as father and son until the old man dies. The loss is complete and the truth comes out. Then Violeta meets the older Margarida who is grieving alone and in silence in a nearby village. Lovingly Violeta helps her out of her isolation with practical rituals: scrubbing, tidying and making coffee with cinnamon. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)

Violeta vive en una comunidad unida en Bahía, Brasil, y no es la única que lucha con el dolor y la pérdida. También se encuentra una abuela totalmente dependiente del cuidado de otros; una mujer que busca desesperadamente el amor; y un médico joven quien, después de 20 años, pierde a su gran amor, un hombre mucho más grande que él. Todos pensaban que la pareja vivía como padre e hijo hasta que el anciano muere. La pérdida es completa y la verdad sale. Luego Violeta conoce a Margarida, una señora mayor haciendo el luto sola y en silencio en un pueblo cercano. Cariñosamente Violeta la ayuda a salir de su aislamiento con ritos cotidianos prácticos: frotar, teñir y hacer café con canela. (Translated by Abi Dresser)

"In 2018, a duo of filmmakers that included an Afro-Brazilian woman, Glenda Nicácio, and Ary Rosa brought the film Café com Canela (Coffee with cinnamon) to a commercial release. The film features a predominantly Black cast and is set in Salvador, Bahia. Nicácio and Rosa studied film at the Federal University of the Recôncavo of Bahia and founded their own production company. Set in Bahia, the film follows various characters struggling with loss of loved ones, focusing on the friendly relationship between two women, Violeta and Margarida. Violeta helps Margarida out of her isolated life through their interactions and conversations. This film is the first commercial release by a Black woman filmmaker." (Gillam, Reighan. Visualizing Black Lives: Ownership and Control in Afro-Brazilian Media. U of Illinois P, p. 106)

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Citation

“Café com canela,” Cinegogía, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/558.