Blue Blood

Brazil, 2014
Length
119 minutes
Director
Lirio Ferreira
Cast
  • Daniel de Oliveira
  • Caroline Abras
  • Sandra Coverloni
  • Romulo Braga

Content

A ship with a circus on board approaches an island in the South Atlantic. During the evening
performance the ringmaster and illusionist Kaleb presents an artiste named Zolah who immediately
wins over the hearts of everyone in the audience. Zolah is Pedro, who left the island twenty years
previously at the age of nine. His reunion with his mother Rosa and his introverted sister Raquel
brings the well-travelled acrobat face to face with old wounds and buried dreams. Raquel’s world is
the sea, and she always retreats to its depths. She wishes that Pedro could be a part of it. Questions
begin to present themselves to Pedro. Why did his mother send him away all those years ago? Whilst
islanders and circus artistes enjoy a lively exchange, Pedro and Raquel seek out a place of their own.
Feelings of guilt, rivalry and burgeoning pride soon become a challenge for the whole family.Lirio
Ferreira explores these siblings’ willingness to take risks in images of impressively virtuoso circus
acts, combining these with elements of classical tragedy and magical images of the sea to create a
brilliant cinematic experience.

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Credits

Production company
Drama Filmes
Original title
Sangue azul