INVISIBLE LIFE

INVISIBLE LIFE (A VIDA INVISÍVEL)
Brazil | DCP, Color, 139’ | Portugese, Greek
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler

Director Karim Aïnouz, known for his unique cinema in Brazil, takes viewers on a journey to the Rio de Janeiro of the 1950s. Two daughters of a macho father, Eurídice and Guida daydream of leaving home in pursuit of their dreams. Eurídice wants to go to Vienna to become a renowned pianist while her little sister Guida wants to find true love... After sneaking out from home to meet with her boyfriend one night, Guida sends her family a letter to let them know that she is going to Greece to get married. When she is back home, she has no boyfriend but she is pregnant. Her father, being the strict person he is, rejects Guida, not letting her come home and also lying about her older sister Eurídice’s whereabouts.

The film, which received a Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes this year, creates a unique world of emotion with its colors, sound design and music.