HEARTLESS

by Nara Normande & Tião

Brazil, France, Italy

DCP; color; 92′

Year: 2023

Genre: Coming-of-age

Original language: Brazilian

Synopsis

Summer 1996, north-east coast of Brazil. Tamara is enjoying her last weeks at the fishing village she lives in before departing to Brasilia for her studies. One day, she hears about a teenager nicknamed Heartless after a scar she has on her chest. Over the course of the summer, Tamara feels a growing attraction to this mysterious girl.

Crew

Directors
Nara Normande & Tião
Cinematographer
Evgenia Alexandrova
Editors
Juliana Munhoz, Eduardo Serrano, Isabelle Manquillet
Production designers
Thales Junqueira
Costume designer
Preta Marquesi
Sound
Lucas Caminha
Sound design
Riccardo Spagnol, Gianluca Gasparrini
Music
Tratenwald
Direct sound engineer
Adam Levý
Producers
Cinemascópio (Emilie Lesclaux & Kleber Mendonça Filho) – Brazil; Les Valseurs (Justin Pechberty & Damien Megherbi) -France; Nefertiti Film (Nadia Trevisan & Alberto Fasulo) – Italy in collaboration with Rai Cinema

Cast

Maya de Vicq              Tamara

Eduarda Samara         Sem Coração

Maeve Jinkings           Fátima

Erom Cordeiro            Edu

Ian Boechat                Vitinho

Kaique Brito                Binho

Alaylson Emanuel       Galego

Lucas Da Silva             Cidão

Elany Santos                Vânia  

Production

Produced by

Cinemascópio, Brazil; Les Valseurs, France; Nefertiti Film, Italy, in collaboration with Rai Cinema

Italian distribution

Nefertiti Film

Internazional distribution

The party film sales

Supported by

MIC – Direzione generale cinema

Ancine

Funcultura

CNC

Département de la Charente

Region Île-de-France

World Cinema Fund

Press Office Italy

Gabriele Barcaro