Maresia

2015

 

Feature film
Directed and co-written by Marcos Guttmann
Produced by Katia Machado and Marcos Guttmann

Based on the novel Barco a Seco, by Rubens Figueiredo.
Starring Julio Andrade and Vera Holtz, among others.

Montreal World Film Festival, First Films World Competition, 2015
Havana International Film Festival, 2015
FESTin Lisbon, Official Competition, 2016
São Paulo International Film Festival, 2016
Cine Ceará, Official Competition, 2016: Best Director and Best Actor

Synopsis

An art expert obsessed with a mythical painter who vanished fifty years ago is visited by a mysterious old man who claims to have known the artist in his youth and brings a painting to be authenticated. The encounter blurs the line between past and present, fake and authentic.