Music Box Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Daniela Thomas' Vazante (2017), starring Adriano Carvalho, Luana Nastas, and Sandra Corveloni. The release will be available for purchase on April 24.
Synopsis: In Southeastern Brazil in 1821, white drover turned farmer Antonio (Adriano Carvalho) returns from a trading expedition to discover that his wife and baby have died in labor. Living on his expansive but desolate property that he fails to cultivate, in the company of his aging mother-in-law (Juliana Da Cunha) and numerous slaves, Antonio's marries his deceased wife's young niece, Beatriz (Luana Nastas). Separated from her family and left alone on the rugged farmhouse in the Brazilian mountains when her husband departs on business, child bride Beatriz finds solace in the displaced and oppressed inhabitants around her, all of whom are growing openly restless.
Prior to Vazante, filmmaker Thomas frequently partnered with Walter Salles, writing and co-directing the acclaimed features, Foreign Land (1996), Midnight (1998) and Linha de Passe (2008). With Vazante, which is shot in expressive black-and-white by the award-winning cinematographer Inti Briones, Thomas finally brings to fruition a project that she and co-writer/co-producer Beto Amaral took nearly ten years to write and six to produce.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Masterclass with director Daniela Thomas at Princeton University's Brazil LAB.
Behind the scenes featurettes with the cast and crew.
Collector's booklet featuring an essay by Professor Pedro Meira Monteiro and a director's interview by Walter Salles