Lebanon, 1949. The country faces an imminent war. Two Catholic siblings, Emilie and Emir, embark on a trip to Brazil. During the journey, Emilie falls in love with a Muslim merchant, Omar. Emir suffers an uncontrollable jealousy and will use their religious differences to set them apart. Short of arriving to their final destination, during a physical fight with Omar, Emir is seriously wounded in a gun accident. Emilie’s only option is to descend in an indigenous village in the middle of the jungle to find a healer to save him. When her brother recovers, they head to Manaus where Emilie takes a decision that will lead to tragic consequences. PORTRAIT OF A CERTAIN ORIENT is film about memory, passion and prejudice that reveals the saga of Lebanese immigrants in the Amazon forest of Brazil.
CAST
Emilie: Wafa’a Celine Halawi
Emir: Zakaria Al Kaakour
Omar: Charbel Kamel
Dorner: Eros Galbiati
Anastásia: Rosa Peixoto
ARTISTIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILM
Directed by: Marcelo Gomes
Written by: Marcelo Gomes, Maria Camargo and Gustavo Campos
Cinematography: Pierre de Kerchove
Production Design: Marcos Pedroso
Editor: Karen Harley
Produced by Guilherme Coelho, Mariana Ferraz, Ernesto Soto Canny.
Coproduced by Simone Gattoni, Patrick Carrarin, Fabiano Gullane, Caio Gullane, André Novis, Eliane Ferreira
Associate producers: Sabine Sidawi, Tatiane Leite, Emmanuelle Déprats
Produced by: Matizar Filmes
Co-produced by: Kavac Film (Italy), Gullane, Misti Filmes, Muiraquitã Filmes, Globo Filmes & Canal Brasil
Associate Producers: Orjuane Productions (Lebanon), Bubble Projects …...more
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