Alakorô - Que Nem Em Pensamento Eles Possam Me Fazer Mal

The documentary explores Clarice Niskier’s process of adaptation of the bestselling book, “A Alma Imoral”, by Rabbi Nilton Bonder to the hit play that’s been onstage for over 15 years.

In the near future, the reinless exploitation of the environment leads to the unexpected eruption of the volcanica caldera of Poços de Caldas in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Public authorities seize upon the disaster to advance the sanitation-driven project of a new capital, merging Rio de Janeiro and Brasília via a high-speed train that traverses the area devastated by the catastrophe. Many years after the tragedy of Poços, a woman stumbles upon a photographer's archive from the era of the Novacap project; through them, the effects of the merger and forced removals on people, physical spaces, and memory are investigated.

Lis, a 21-year-old woman, wanders through the streets of Rio de Janeiro carrying the absence of someone who is no longer there. Between memories, unexpected encounters, and events that blur the line between reality and imagination, she moves through the city searching for a way to cope with what remains.

A brief almost romance - turns into the grief of letting someone you once knew go, and the choice of going back.