Futuro Beach

Futuro Beach
Futuro Beach
	Theatrical release poster
	Praia do Futuro
Directed by	Karim Aïnouz
Written by	Karim Aïnouz; Felipe Bragança
Produced by	Hank Levine
Starring	Wagner Moura; Clemens Schick; Jesuíta Barbosa
Cinematography	Ali Olay Gözkaya
Edited by	Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Music by	Volker Bertelmann
Production; companies	Coração da Selva; Hank Levine Film & Music GmbH
Distributed by	California Filmes
Release dates	11 February 2014 (Berlin); 1 May 2014 (Brazil);
Countries	Brazil; Germany
Languages	Portuguese; German
Budget	$4 million

Futuro Beach (Portuguese: Praia do Futuro) is a 2014 Brazilian-German drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz, and starring Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick and Jesuíta Barbosa. The film had its premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

In the film, shot in Fortaleza and Berlin, Wagner Moura plays the lifeguard Donato, who works at Praia do Futuro. When a German tourist loses his life in a drowning, Donato feels the death of the tourist was his fault and begins a journey to escape from his present self. Donato leaves for Berlin in search of his German lover, Konrad, whom he had met ten years earlier at the Praia do Futuro and saved from drowning. Whenever he drifts away, his younger brother, Ayrton (Jesuita Barbosa), brings him back.^[3]

Cast[]

Wagner Moura as Donato
Clemens Schick as Konrad
Jesuíta Barbosa as Ayrton
Sabine Timoteo as Heiko's Wife
Ingo Naujoks as Mechanic
Emily Cox as Nanna
Natascha Paulick as Bartender
Christoph Zrenner as School Janitor
Sophie Charlotte Conrad as Dakota
Yannik Burwiek as Heiko's Son

References[]

^ "Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete". berlinale. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
^ "Clemens Schick über seine Homosexualität: "Mich nerven die Schubladen und Klischees"". Spiegel Online (in German). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ ""Praia do Futuro", com Wagner Moura, estreará 2 anos depois de ser filmado". UOL. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

External links[]

Official page on Facebook
Futuro Beach at IMDb

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[Berlin-1] "Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete". berlinale. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-01-15.

[2] "Clemens Schick über seine Homosexualität: "Mich nerven die Schubladen und Klischees"". Spiegel Online (in German). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[3] ""Praia do Futuro", com Wagner Moura, estreará 2 anos depois de ser filmado". UOL. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

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v t APCA Award for Best Film
1972—1979	(1973) (1974) O Anjo da Noite (1975) (1976) O Predileto (1977) (1978) Mar de Rosas (1979)
1980—1986	A Volta do Filho Pródigo (1981) Eros, o Deus do Amor (1982) O Olho Mágico do Amor (1983) Sergeant Getulio (1984) Memoirs of Prison (1985) Avaete, Seed of Revenge (1986)
1990—1999	(1990) (1991) (1992) (1994) Alma Corsária (1995) (1996) How Angels Are Born (1997) A Ostra e o Vento (1998) Central Station (1999)
2000—2009	(2000) Cronicamente Inviável (2001) Brainstorm (2002) O Invasor (2003) The Man Who Copied (2004) / Peões (2005) Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2006) Suely in the Sky (2007) Linha de Passe / Serras da Desordem (2008) (2009)
2010—present	Antes Que o Mundo Acabe (2010) Bróder (2011) Febre do Rato (2012) Neighboring Sounds (2013) Futuro Beach (2014) The Second Mother (2015) Aquarius (2016) Corpo Elétrico (2017) Araby (2018) Bacurau (2019)
There was no award in 1987, 1988, 1989.