Dream in Shambles

Maria José Novais Oliveira, a black woman, resident on the outskirts of Contagem, already in her 60s, has become a film actress, with an award-winning career in Brazil and internationally. This documentary recalls the image of a unique woman who marked Brazilian cinema in the 2010s.

Riva returns to Brazil and finds herself more alone than ever. Flavia has no time to feel lonely. Their lives intersect and they dream around the soccer fields.

Between work at a call center, trips to the bar and daily news, nothing is out of place in Marta’s world. Between monotony and a breakdown of reality, an attempt to talk about violence while fleeing it.

Director Lincoln Péricles revisits memories recorded since he had access to cameras and microphones, putting together a film in the form of a rap mixtape, combining sounds and images from Brazilian cinema and denaturalising the images of work.

A discussion with her family brings a daughter an occasion to ponder the past. Presence and absence lead to an immersion into memories, and ultimately, to the future.