Monster Story

New Directors Competition

Monster Story

Bicho Monstro

Brazil 2024 Fiction cor 75 min.

In a rural village colonized by Germans, little Ana watches a play about the history of the Thiltapes. It is a dangerous animal that lives in the forest, and no one knows its real form. Two hundred years earlier, a botanist who writes about the region hears about this same animal. The stories intertwine, both in an obsessive search for the imaginary Thiltapes, while at the same time facing their own demons: the weakened botanist eager for a discovery that will justify his trip and Ana intrigued by her father, suspected of having committed a brutal crime against a neighbor’s cow.

This film has accessibility features.

Brazil childhood nature animals

direction

Germano de Oliveira

screenplay

Germano de Oliveira, Igor Verde, Marcela Ilha Bordin

cinematography

Bruno Polidoro

editing

Bruno Carboni, Germano de Oliveira

sound

Tomaz Borges

sound design

Tiago Bello

music

Caio Amon

art direction

Gabriela Burck

cast

Kamilly Wagner, Araci Esteves, Décio Worst, Daniel Tonin Lorenzon, Pascal Berten, Geraldo Souza, Alex Pantera

production

Jessica Luz, Paola Wink

co-production

Ana Luiza Azevedo, Nora Goulart, Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon

produced by

Vulcana Cinema

co-produced by

Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, Avante Filmes

distribution

Vitrine Filmes

indicative rating

10