10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
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FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
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Pela janela (A Window to Rosália) (2017 Feature Film)

Caroline Leone | Brazil, Argentina | 2017 | 87 min | Spanish, Portuguese | e.s.

Sensitive, heart-warming debut about a journey undertaken by a middle-aged brother and sister. As they set out from São Paulo, the unhappy Rosália is a shadow of her former self. But thanks to her dedicated brother José, during the journey to bustling Buenos Aires she regains the belief that life can be joyful.
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Rosália (63) spends her days in silence as a production manager in an electronics factory. Following a merger, her services are no longer required and her world collapses. In desperation she turns to her brother José. But this does not come at a good time for him: he was about to drive a luxury car from São Paulo to Buenos Aires for his boss’s daughter. He can see only one solution: Rosália will have to accompany him on the 2200 kilometer journey. Reluctant and peevish, she is not ideal company, but as she takes in the stunning landscapes, Rosália gradually manages – also thanks to the devoted José – to relax and smile.

A Window to Rosália shows that taking a little distance from your everyday reality and feeling safe in pleasant company is sometimes all you need to feel good again. Director Caroline Leone wanted to focus on the complexity of human characters and humanity. Her positive, loving first feature film succeeds in this marvelously. Winner FIPRESCI Award.

Place: CINEMA 3

Date: 6 April 2017

Time: 19:15

Duration: 1:05

Place: CINEMA 6

Date: 8 April 2017

Time: 17:45

Duration: 1:07

Place: CINEMA 6

Date: 8 April 2017

Time: 17:45

Duration: 1:07

Year in
Festival

2017

Director

Caroline Leone

Camera

Claudio Leone

Cast

Cacá Amaral
Magali Biff

Country

Brazil
Argentina

Editor

Anita Ramón
Caroline Leone

Language

Spanish
Portuguese

Length

87 min

Producer

Sara Silveira / Dezenove Som e Imagens
Maria Ionescu / Dezenove Som e Imagens
Hernán Musaluppi / Rizoma Films
Natacha Cervi / Rizoma Films

Production Company

Dezenove Some Imagens
Rizoma Films

Production Design

Juan Giribaldi

Sales

Caravan Pass

Scenario

Caroline Leone

Sound Design

Martin Grignaschi

Year of Production

2017

Website

https://www.facebook.com/pelajanelafilme

Caroline LEONE (1981, Brazil) graduated in 2005 from the Film School FAAP in São Paulo. She wrote and directed two awarded short films. Dalva (2005), her first short, was shot during her film school years and won the Best Latin American Film Award at the 47th Bilbao International Film Festival in Spain, Best Narrative Film Award at the Film Gate International Film Festival and the New Talent Award at the 16th International Short Film Festival of São Paulo. A Window to Rosália (2017) is her first feature film and premiered at IFFR 2017.

 

Filmography

Dalva (2005, short), Joyce (2007, short), Pela janela/A Window to Rosália (2017)