“Set in Rio, Fellipe Barbosa’s long-awaited fiction debut is a clear-eyed, empathetic portrait of a teenager who strives to transcend the limitations of his upper-middle-class family life. Seventeen-year-old Jean (an outstanding Thales Cavalcanti) contends with pressure from parental expectations, university entrance exams, and the surprising discovery of a family financial crisis in this tender, beautifully written coming-of-age story that deftly explores class differences and racism in Brazil today.” —Film at Lincoln Center
CASA GRANDE
A film by Fellipe Barbosa
(Brazil, 2014, 114 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Now streaming on Amazon Prime and iTunes
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