Futuro Beach
Theatrical release poster
PortuguesePraia do Futuro
Directed byKarim Aïnouz
Written by
  • Felipe Bragança
  • Karim Aïnouz
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAli Olay Gözkaya
Edited byIsabela Monteiro de Castro
Music byHauschka
Production
companies
  • Coração da Selva
  • Hank Levine Film
  • Detailfilm
  • Watchmen Productions
Distributed by
  • California Filmes (Brazil)
  • Real Fiction (Germany)
Release dates
  • 11 February 2014 (2014-02-11) (Berlin)
  • 1 May 2014 (2014-05-01) (Brazil)
  • 2 October 2014 (2014-10-02) (Germany)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
  • Brazil
  • Germany
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • German
Budget$4 million
Box office$779,835[1]

Futuro Beach (Portuguese: Praia do Futuro) is a 2014 drama film co-written and directed by Karim Aïnouz, and starring Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick and Jesuíta Barbosa. Shot in Fortaleza and Berlin, the film had its world premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[2][3]

Plot

When Donato, a lifeguard at Praia do Futuro, fails to rescue a drowning German tourist, he feels the tourist's death was his fault and begins a journey to escape from his present self. Donato leaves for Berlin in search of his German lover, Konrad, whom he had met ten years earlier at Praia do Futuro and saved from drowning. Whenever he drifts away, his younger brother, Ayrton, brings him back.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Futuro Beach (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete" (Press release). Berlinale. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Clemens Schick über seine Homosexualität: "Mich nerven die Schubladen und Klischees"" [Clemens Schick on his homosexuality: "The labels and clichés annoy me"]. Spiegel Online (in German). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ ""Praia do Futuro", com Wagner Moura, estreará 2 anos depois de ser filmado" ["Futuro Beach", starring Wagner Moura, will premiere 2 years after filming]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2014.

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Films directed by Karim Aïnouz
APCA Award for Best Film
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