UNTANGLE
Brazil. 2011. Dir.: Rosane Svartman. Digital projection. 88 min. Romantic comedy.
Original Portuguese version with English subtitles
November 25th at 9:15pm
November 28th at 7:00pm
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The romantic Priscilla is 16 and stays alone at home for the first time, as her mother goes to a business travel for 20 days. She will then experience great changes in her life and it’s during this short time that the “first times” will be able to occur. She will have to conquer the heart of Rafa, the nicest boy of the district, so as to live her magic and first sexual relationship. But nothing will be easy and Priscilla will realize that the things never occur as it is hoped for…

Director: Rosane Svartman | Script: Rosane Svartman and Juliana Lins | Editor: Nataraney Nunes | Cinematography by: Dudu Miranda | Sound: Valéria Ferro | Producer: Clélia Bessa | Production company: Globo Filmes | With: Olivia Torres, Lucas Salles, Vitor Thiré, Daniel Passi.

Awards in Festival:

Paulínia Festival 2010:
Award for best costumes

Director’s biography:

Rosane Svartman is a film and television director and screenwriter. Born in 1971 in Memphis, United States, she moved to Brazil during her childhood and did cinema studies at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), in Rio. With her first feature film How to Be Single in Rio (“Como ser solteiro”, 1997), she follows the comedy’s tradition from Rio. This film won the special jury award and the award for best actor (for Ernesto Piccolo) at the Brasilia Festival. Rosane Svartman also directed short films, video clip and many programs and series for television. She currently shares her activities between television and the cinema.