ABSCESS

Synopsis
The short film tells the story of João, a young man from the Heliópolis community (the largest favela in São Paulo) who denounces, in the form of slam poetry, the ills of his daily life during the pandemic as a worker of a constantly marginalized class: the collectors of trash.

Trailer

Original Title
Abcesso
Director
Bianca Iatallese
Producers
Victoria Rodriguez
Category
Short Fiction
Year
2022
Original Writer
Antonio Valdevino and Isabella Salcedo
Photography
Tatiane Ursulino
Art Direction
Giovanna Sayuri
Costume Design
Lara Cezzarini
Makeup
Lara Cezzarini
Visual Effects
Giovanna Sayur
Editing
Giovanna Sayur
Sound
Raphael Arantes, Bruna Sonore and Isabela Rodrigues
Sound Editing
Brenno Zanotto
Mixing
Brenno Zanotto
Sound Track
Brenno Zanotto, Ivan Silva and Pedro Maia
Cast
Antonio Valdevino, Marina Esteves, Jefferson Matias, Camila Cezar, Dalma Régia, Beatrice Davantel, Monge Tenzin Jampa
Production Company
Marianas Filmes

You can watch this film in-person. Check out the date, time, and place below.

You can watch this film in-person. Check out the date, time, and place below.

Date and Time
Friday, Nov 17th

3:00 PM – Short Fictions Session
4:30 PM – Snacks
5:00 PM – Feature Film – “Noites Alienígenas” (fiction)
5:30 PM – Q&A with Luiz Costa Pereira, Jr., Journalist, and André M. Sena Cecílio, Jonas Serpa Souza, and Nicolas Kim, DePaul Film Students
DePaul University
14 E. Jackson, 2nd Floor (also entrance on 247 S. State Street)