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2021

international competition

King Car

Pinheiro Renata

Brazil, 2021, 97', Swiss Premiere

The movie

With his uncle’s help, a young man renovates an old car he can communicate with. An ode to weirdness and ecology with hints of Christine.

* Renata Pinheiro & Sérgio Oliveira, director & writer, online, 04.07

Ninho is the son of a taxi company’s owner. He is blessed with an extraordinary gift: he can talk to cars. When a new law makes driving vehicles more than fifteen years old illegal, he decides to renovate old cars with his uncle. Their idea entails a certain number of unforeseen risks… With a corrosive retro futuristic design, this emotionally powerful sci-fi thriller is part eco-fable, part scathing political critique. A breathtaking example of how well genre cinema can be conductive of militant positions about the world we live in.

World Sales :

Reel Suspects

producers :

Sergio Oliveira

cast :

Luciano Pedro Jr, Jules Elting, Matheus Nachtergaele, Clara Pinheiro

Crew :
  • Cinematographer : Fernando Lockett
  • Music : DJ Dolores
  • Editor : Quentin Delaroche