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Brazil<br />
A Matter of Courage (Prova de Coragem)<br />
Showing: 4/10 at 7pm<br />
USA PREMIERE<br />
Director: Roberto Gervitz<br />
Producer: Monica Schmiedt<br />
Screenwriter: Roberto Gervitz<br />
Cinematography: Lauro Escorel<br />
Editor: Manga Campion<br />
Music: Luiz Henrique Xavier<br />
Sound: Kiko Ferraz and Christian Vaisz<br />
Cast: Amando Babaioff, Mariana Ximenes,<br />
Daniel Volpi, Aurea Maranhao<br />
Print source: M.Schmiedt Producoes<br />
Synopsis:<br />
Hermano, a successful doctor and enthusiastic rock<br />
climber, is planning to climb an almost invincible mountain<br />
in the Tierra del Fuego, when he discovers that his<br />
wife Adri is pregnant. For Hermano, facing the mountain<br />
represents an essential proof of courage that he believes<br />
he owes to himself. Despite discovering that Adri’s pregnancy<br />
is at risk, he seems determined to go ahead with<br />
the climb.<br />
Address: Rua Felizardo de Farias,156 Porto<br />
Aleg re, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 90660130<br />
Email: produtora@mschmiedt.com.br<br />
Website: www.provadecoragemofilme.com.br<br />
Dramatic<br />
90 Minutes<br />
Color, Portuguese with English subtitles<br />
Roberto Gervitz<br />
Roberto Gervitz studied Social Sciences in the 1970s and had already begun experimenting with Super-8 film at<br />
school. At the age of 20, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, Gervitz was making social documentary films.<br />
Gervitz became a professional, working first as editor and sound editor, and then as a screenwriter and director.<br />
He has directed TV series including GENTE QUE FAZ and CARANDIRU-OUTRAS HISTÓRIAS (produced by<br />
Hector Babenco) and documentaries, such as BRAÇOS CRUZADOS, MÁQUINAS PARADAS (Arms Crossed,<br />
Machines Stopped, 1979), winning the Young Director Award at the Leipzig festival and showing at the<br />
Young Cinema Forum at the Berlin Film Festival.<br />
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