Faraway Song

Faraway Song

2023 · 76 min · Drama

The young Jimena searches for her identity. The film follows the life of the young woman with her mother and grandmother, white middle-class women, and the exchange of letters with her father, a foreign and black man, whom the young woman resembles. Seeking to free herself from the feeling of inadequacy, Jimena rewrites her family relationships and creates other ways of experiencing love, friendship and work ties. Through her eyes, the film considers questions about class, family, tradition, race and gender.

Directed by Clarissa Campolina · Written by Clarissa Campolina

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

Faraway Song

João-de-Barro

Both from Clarissa Campolina.

More from Clarissa CampolinaSee all →

João-de-BarroJoão-de-Barro · 2025
João-de-Barro
★ 10.02025
MovieDramaHorror
Like Water Through StoneLike Water Through Stone · 2009
Like Water Through Stone
★ 8.82009
MovieDocumentary
In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the end of their youth. Impossible romances leave marks on their bodies and the surrounding landscape. Each of the friends finds her own particular way to overcome the loneliness and to live within a tangle of uncertainty.
FrançoiseFrançoise · 2001
Françoise
★ 8.52001
MovieDrama
A woman named Françoise meets a man who's waiting for his bus in a bus station.
SolonSolon · 2016
Solon
★ 8.22016
MovieFantasy
Solon inhabits a dry, barren space. She begins her mission to nourish the Earth. The landscape and the character herself are changed. The world is born. The woman is born.
OdeteOdete · 2012
Odete
★ 8.02012
Movie
Odete is caught between the past and the future. She goes on a journey, but remains immobile. She faces the abyss and wonders if she will make it out alive.
We Are Not DreamingWe Are Not Dreaming · 2012
We Are Not Dreaming
★ 8.02012
MovieDrama
Yes, we will build a world. We're not dreaming. Despite the struggle, brick by brick, part by part, we will build it. We're not dreaming.
Rain on Long-Lost RoofsRain on Long-Lost Roofs · 2006
Rain on Long-Lost Roofs
★ 7.52006
MovieDramaRomance
The reunion of a couple and their recollections of a broken love.
KevinKevin · 2022
Kevin
★ 7.02022
MovieDocumentary
It is the first time that Joana, a Brazilian, has visited her friend Kevin in her country, Uganda. They met 20 years ago when they studied together in Germany and have not seen each other for a long time. Now they are close to turning 40 and life is more complex than in youth. This is a film about a friendship between women.
TrechoTrecho · 2006
Trecho
★ 7.02006
MovieDocumentary
Clenched FistsClenched Fists · 2014
Clenched Fists
★ 7.02014
MovieDrama
In Fortaleza, Brazil, Eugenio, Joaquim and João use a clandestine radio to scream their hunger for freedom and revolution. They hack the traditional radio stations, overwhelming them with poetry, rebel music, quotes, sound archives and provocations, attacking the bourgeois and capitalistic society. But one day, Salomé, a mysterious and beautiful listener, crashes into their lives, transforming their destiny.
SuçuaranaSuçuarana · 2024
Suçuarana
★ 6.52024
MovieDrama
Suçuarana is the name of a mythical place, a lush landscape that appears in the weathered photo of her mother that Dora carries with her always. Dora has been on the road for a long time, hitching rides through Brazil’s mining region in search of her family’s homeland. But no one seems to know this place, seemingly lost to time. And the open road can be troubling for a woman traveling alone, as the generosity of strangers is suddenly eclipsed by danger. After an accident, Dora seeks refuge in an abandoned factory; there, a group of workers have formed a village and a community bond that feels akin to the home Dora searches for, if just for a moment.
Partida de Vôlei à Sombra do VulcãoPartida de Vôlei à Sombra do Vulcão · 2021
Partida de Vôlei à Sombra do Vulcão
★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
Mesmerized by the image of an active volcano on the other side of the world, a woman sets out to meet her fury. On the way, without being able to return, she finds herself in an extraordinary pregnancy, starting the account of the journey that gives shape to this play-film, a journey between theater and cinema inspired by the narratives of fantastic realism.
Friday Night, Saturday MorningFriday Night, Saturday Morning · 2006
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
★ 5.32006
MovieDramaRomance
A small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kyiv. On one side is dark, on the other light, but both experience the same emotions and hence feel nearness and contact.
SwirlSwirl · 2012
Swirl
★ 5.22012
MovieDrama
Bastu's grandchildren and friends help her pick up the strands of her life after her husband dies.
The Last BreathThe Last Breath · 2016
The Last Breath
★ 3.02016
MovieDrama
The living call for revenge. The dead minerals and vegetables demand revenge. It is the hour of general protest. It's time for the destroying flights. It's time for the barricades, the shootings. Famines, desires, cravings, lost dreams, miseries of all countries, unite.
AracatiAracati · 2016
Aracati
2016
MovieDocumentary
Vale do Jaguaribe, Ceará. Following the route of the Aracati wind, the film moves from the beach to the countryside. During this path, it observes the relationship between man and landscape, thetransformations of space and the limits between nature and artifice.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter