Shine Your Eyes

Cidade Pássaro

Directed by Matias Mariani

2020

Drama

102 min

Brazil France

English Portuguese Igbo Hungarian Chinese English Portuguese Igbo Hungarian Chinese

Synopsis

Amadi, a musician from Lagos in his 30’s, goes to Brazil with the mission to
locate his elder missing brother, Ikenna, and bring him back to Nigeria. Following faint
footsteps, he discovers that his brother was not the distinguished Mathematician he was
supposed to be.

Bitter childhood feelings arise and Amadi must now choose between faithfulness to his
broken family or a new life in São Paulo.

Festival Selections

Berlinale Panorama

International Releases

Netflix

About the Director

Matias Mariani

After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Matias Mariani worked extensively as a producer in films such as Fish Dreams (Cannes’ Critics Week), Drained (Sundance), Adrift (Cannes Un Certain Regard). In 2014 he began his directing career with the documentary feature I Touched All Your Stuff, co-directed with Maíra Bühler, which had its world première at FID Marseille and won Best Editing at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, as well as being released theatrically both in Brazil and the US. As a scriptwriter Matias worked on I Bring it With me (best film at Brasília Film Festival), Pendular (FIPRESCI award at Berlinale 2017), and is currently working on Cora, recently granted the TFI Latin American Fund. Shine Your Eyes, written and directed by Matias, will be his fiction feature début.

Filmography

Ela Sonhou que Eu Morri (2012)

Paulínia Film Festival - Best Director - Documentary

I Touched All Your Stuff (2014)

Cast & Crew

Cast:

Oc Ukeje, Indira Nascimento, Paulo André, Ike Barry, Chukwudi Iwuji, George Fodor, Ernesto Lusala, Max Lund, Acauã Sol, Estrela Straus, Malayka Sn, Fernando Teixeira, Carmeline Mudiayi, Ivo Daniel Nduaya Madu, Tiago Marinho, Oula Alsaghir, Francisco De Freitas Lima, Alassana Balde, Thaís Cabral

Script:

Matias Mariani, Chika Anadu, Francine Marbosa, Julia Murat, Maíra Bühler, Roberto Winter

Cinematographer:

Léo Bittencourt

Editor:

Isabelle Dedieu, Luisa Marques

Sound design & mix:

Gilles Benardeau , Xavier Thibault

Music:

Flemming Nordkrog

Producer:

Matias Mariani, Juliana Funaro, Renata Wolter, Issis Valenzuela, Marie-Pierre Macia, Claire Gadéa, Junyoung Jang

Production Company:

Primo Filmes

Co-production Company:

MPM Film, Tabuleiro Filmes, SP Cine.

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