January 3, 2020
DIRECTED BY KARIM AÏNOUZ
WINNER – UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE – 2019 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE – BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – 2020 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
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Acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz brilliantly recreates 1950s Rio de Janeiro in this tropical melodrama of two inseparable sisters: Eurídice (Carol Duarte), 18, and Guida (Julia Stockler), 20. They live restricted lives with their conservative parents. However, each nourishes a passionate dream: Eurídice of becoming a renowned pianist; Guida of finding true love. In a shocking turn of events, they are separated and forced to live apart. Karim Aïnouz’s first film, MADAME SATÃ, a Jean Genet-inspired story of 1930’s Rio’s drag demi-monde, premiered at Film Forum in 2003. INVISIBLE LIFE shares with it this director’s commitment to immersing himself in the emotional lives of his characters, visualized through rich, inventive, and lush imagery.
Based on Martha Batalha’s popular novel The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, the film is Brazil’s official submission to the 2020 Academy Awards® for Best International Film.
BRAZIL / GERMANY 2019 140 MINS. IN PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES AMAZON STUDIOS
