Directing

Petrus Cariry

Born December 28, 1977 · Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (age 48)

Born in Brazil in 1977, Petrus Cariry directed his first feature film in 2007, the award-winning film “The Grain”, which started the trilogy of death, followed by “Mother and Daughter” (2011) and “Clarisse” (2015) that together won more than 200 awards at national and international film festivals. In 2018 he released “The Boat”, his first feature film after the death trilogy. In 2019, Petrus relea…

Known For

Terra Firme

Terra Firme · 2026

In a coastal village forgotten by time, young Juca approaches Zé Cangulo, a fisherman living in isolation on his boat. A silent bond forms between them, shaped by waiting and the sea. By bringing to light a submerged past in which the boy recognizes himself, this encounter opens up the possibility of a fresh start.

My Neighbor Flora

My Neighbor Flora · 2018

My Neighbor Flora

Alice's life changes when Laura, the daughter of her neighbor on the wall, knocks on her door to ask if she knows anything about her mother. No one has seen her for days, neither Alice nor Laura, nor the lonely residents of the building.

The Grain

The Grain · 2007

The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.

Rift

MovieDramaFamily

Marta is a botanical scientist who lives apart from her roots, when she accepts a visit from Diná, a sweet and nosy old lady who desperately tries to penetrate her intimacy.

Pop Ritual

Pop Ritual · 2019

MovieMysteryHorror

A priest captures and arrests a vampire. He visits him for a regime of scientific experiments and strangeness. Over time the encounters become a hallucinated erotic and supernatural relationship.

Heavier Is the Sky

Heavier Is the Sky · 2023

Heavier Is the Sky

After taking in an abandoned child, Teresa meets Antônio and the two begin a journey on the roads. The common past, for them, is the memories of a city submerged at the bottom of a dam. Life is a dream, but the future is uncertainty.

Clarisse or Something About Us

Clarisse or Something About Us · 2015

Clarisse or Something About Us

MovieMysteryDrama

The dry quarry and a forest that still beats. A very sick father reviews the daughter. Resentments are brought to the table. The memory of the dead awakened by blood, objects, shadows and dreams affects Clarisse at this scenario of beauty and agony. Husband and business are expecting she in the city for a cathartic outcome.

The Boat

The Boat · 2018

In an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. The oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck.

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Terra Firme

Terra Firme · 2026

In a coastal village forgotten by time, young Juca approaches Zé Cangulo, a fisherman living in isolation on his boat. A silent bond forms between them, shaped by waiting and the sea. By bringing to light a submerged past in which the boy recognizes himself, this encounter opens up the possibility of a fresh start.

Director of Photography

My Neighbor Flora

My Neighbor Flora · 2018

My Neighbor Flora

Alice's life changes when Laura, the daughter of her neighbor on the wall, knocks on her door to ask if she knows anything about her mother. No one has seen her for days, neither Alice nor Laura, nor the lonely residents of the building.

Colorist

The Grain

The Grain · 2007

The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.

Director

Rift

MovieDramaFamily

Marta is a botanical scientist who lives apart from her roots, when she accepts a visit from Diná, a sweet and nosy old lady who desperately tries to penetrate her intimacy.

Cinematography

Pop Ritual

Pop Ritual · 2019

MovieMysteryHorror

A priest captures and arrests a vampire. He visits him for a regime of scientific experiments and strangeness. Over time the encounters become a hallucinated erotic and supernatural relationship.

Color Grading

Heavier Is the Sky

Heavier Is the Sky · 2023

Heavier Is the Sky

After taking in an abandoned child, Teresa meets Antônio and the two begin a journey on the roads. The common past, for them, is the memories of a city submerged at the bottom of a dam. Life is a dream, but the future is uncertainty.

Writer

Clarisse or Something About Us

Clarisse or Something About Us · 2015

Clarisse or Something About Us

MovieMysteryDrama

The dry quarry and a forest that still beats. A very sick father reviews the daughter. Resentments are brought to the table. The memory of the dead awakened by blood, objects, shadows and dreams affects Clarisse at this scenario of beauty and agony. Husband and business are expecting she in the city for a cathartic outcome.

Director

The Boat

The Boat · 2018

In an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. The oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck.

Director

Seahorse

Seahorse · 2024

On the eve of the Feast of St. John, Francisca, who is a widow about to turn 75, is on the verge of exploding like fireworks.

Director of Photography

A Praia do Fim do Mundo

A Praia do Fim do Mundo · 2021

A Praia do Fim do Mundo

MovieDramaFantasy

Young Alice lives with her mother Helena in Ciarema, in a house facing the sea. The residence suffers from the advance of the sea levels. The daughter, an environmentalist, plans to move elsewhere, but the mother wants to stay in town. They need to find a solution together.

Screenplay

The Welles Raft

The Welles Raft · 2022

The Welles Raft

MovieDocumentary

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation.

Director

Cidadão Jacaré

Cidadão Jacaré · 2005

Cidadão Jacaré

MovieDocumentary

Director

Siri-Ará

Siri-Ará · 2008

Producer

Dos Restos e Das Solidões

Dos Restos e Das Solidões · 2006

Dos Restos e Das Solidões

MovieDocumentary

In the interior of the Inhamuns, the driest and poorest piece of land in Ceará, the ghost town of Cococi, among ruins and neglect, is a kind of living museum from immemorial times. In the middle of the deep caatinga, wandering among the ruins and the shadows, lives Dona Laura, 70 years old, brooding over memories and pain.

Director

O Cio da Terra

O Cio da Terra · 2026

MovieDocumentary

Director of Photography

The Man Who Became Cabinet

The Man Who Became Cabinet · 2015

The Man Who Became Cabinet

The Man Who Became Cabinet tells the story of an employee who, so obsessed with the routine and mechanical tasks of his work environment, eventually becomes one of the cabinets in the office.

Cinematography

Os Pobres Diabos

Os Pobres Diabos · 2013

Os Pobres Diabos

The Gran Circo Teatro Americano takes its attractions to the northeastern hinterland. In the city of Aracati, the troupe puts on a fun play about the crisis in hell. With a rochamboesque plot and inspired by string literature, the attraction shows the arrival of the bandit Lamparino to hell and how Lucifer participates in international capitalism. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, loves and tragedies move the lives of artists.

Director of Photography

Young Warriors

Young Warriors · 2021

MovieAdventureFamily

Cosme and Maria, with their son Benedito and nephews Matheuzinho and Bruna, jump into a somewhat untrustworthy Jeep to go on a journey from the coastline to Barbalha city, where they plan to attend a special feast that they've always longed to take part in. All along the way, the trip is full of discoveries of landscapes and histories. The three children feel the enchantment of this unforgettable family adventure, and realize that they will always be great friends.

Director of Photography

O Som do Tempo

O Som do Tempo · 2010

MovieDocumentary

The sertão is everywhere, the sertão is within us. The concrete advances against Dona Maria, but she moves forward, calmly in the world.

Cinematography

Notícias do Fim do Mundo

Notícias do Fim do Mundo · 2019

Notícias do Fim do Mundo

Following Alexander Taylor, a teacher in the slums of Kibuna, this is a reflection about the modern times, mixing social criticism and cinematic experimentation to reflect about the overconsumption of images, fake news and social media.

Cinematography

Oysters Silence

Oysters Silence · 2025

Oysters Silence

The film tells the story of a woman who lives in a village of mining workers.

Director of Photography

Foi um Tempo de Poesia

Foi um Tempo de Poesia · 2021

Foi um Tempo de Poesia

MovieDocumentaryHistory

Director

Reisado Miudim

Reisado Miudim · 2008

Director

Os Escravos de Jó

Os Escravos de Jó · 2020

Os Escravos de Jó

Editor

Caminho de Volta

Caminho de Volta · 2022

Caminho de Volta

Director