Jesus Kid
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WINNER - INDIEPIX AWARD
NOMINATED - BEST PICTURE
NOMINATED - BEST ACTOR (PAULO MIKLOS)
2021
Brazil
88 mins
Portuguese
North American Premiere
Feature Film Competition
| Aly Muritiba | |
| Antonio Junior, Sergio Marone | |
| Paulo Miklos (Eugenio), Sergio Marone (Jesus Kid), Maureen Miranda (Nurse) | |
| Nudity; Explicit Sexual Situations; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations; Implied Violence; Graphic Violence |
Eugenio is a western writer experiencing difficulties. His most famous character, Jesus Kid, is getting bad sales. His salvation seems to appear when he is hired to write the script for a movie.
About the Director
Aly Muritiba was born in 1979. He graduated with a degree in History, specialist in Communication and Culture and studied Cinema. Aly is author of the short films The Factory(Oscar short list 2013), Pátio (Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2013) and Tarântula (Venice,2015). His feature films, To My Beloved (2015) and Rust (2018), have received several awards and were screened in many festivals, including Sundance and San Sebastian.
Reviews
A Character In Search of An Author: Life Imitating Art in “Jesus Kid” – Winter Film Awards, by Emanuelle Block
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