Tereza, 77, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to ‘enjoy’ their final years, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth.

Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate, instead embarking on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before her freedom is taken away—a decision that will change her destiny forever.

 

In his film, much awarded at the latest Berlin Film Festival, Gabriel Mascaro directs Denise Weinberg as a woman fleeing a fascist retirement camp to find herself in the amazonian jungle. It's told with striking textures and deep feeling that transcend a mere timely narrative.