Director Bruno Carboni’s debut feature is a shocking look at class conflicts and social media and was a festival favorite at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia.
Joana (Carol Martins) is pregnant and eagerly anticipating her first child. A translator who enjoys her work, she’s riding her bike to work when she is struck by a vehicle driven by Elaine (Gabriela Greco). In an alarming episode of road rage, Elaine speeds up as Joana clings to the hood of the car while Elaine’s son, Maicon (Luis Felipe Xavier), films from the passenger seat with his phone. Although Joana brushes the incident off, things become much more volatile when Maicon uploads the video on YouTube. Joana is suddenly drawn into a family drama between Elaine, Maicon, and Elaine’s ex-husband Cléber (Marcello Crawshaw), all of whom seek to use Joana to achieve their own troubled ends. Bruno Carboni’s tense and emotional first feature has left festival audiences shaken. “A barbed comedy about human failings and the equally human tendency not to be truthful about them.” –Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Director Biography
Bruno Carboni was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and is a prolific editor, who has worked on dozens of short and feature films. His debut as a solo director, "The Roof Above Us" (2015), premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. The Accident (2022) is his feature debut.