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If I Were Alive

Mostra Brasil

If I Were Alive

Se Eu Fosse Vivo... Vivia

direction André Novais Oliveira

Brazil 2026 Fiction Cor 101 min.

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In 1970s Brazil, Contagem is still a growing town and the home of a young couple in love. Gilberto asks for Jacira’s forgiveness just before an unexpected encounter changes the course of their lives. Fifty years later, Gilberto and Jacira have been together for nearly five decades. A charismatic and gentle couple in their mid-seventies, they lead a happy life despite the health problems that come with age, sharing almost all of their daily activities side by side. When Jacira is suddenly hospitalized, Gilberto begins to experience disturbing events – in a spiral through time and space – that lead him toward the unknown. Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

brazil relationships & sexuality body & mind black narratives international film festivals family memory

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direction

André Novais Oliveira

screenplay

André Novais Oliveira

cinematography

Leonor Teles

editing

Gabriel Martins, André Novais Oliveira

sound

Pablo Lamar, Gustavo Fioravante

music

Metá Metá

casting

André Novais Oliveira, Germano Melo, Ricardo Alves Jr.

art direction

Diogo Hayashi

cast

Conceição Evaristo, Norberto Novais Oliveira, Jean Paulo Campos, Tainá Evaristo

production

Thiago Macêdo Correia

produced by

Filmes de Plástico

co-produced by

Canal Brasil

distribution

Malute Filmes

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