We are excited to invite you to the event of unveiling TLVFest 2019 program!
Sunday, May 5th || 21:00 || Tel Aviv Cinematheque
21:00 – Presentation of the festival program + screening of trailers from major films at the festival
21:45 – Israeli Premiere screening of “Socrates”
Tickets are available at the Cinematheque website or the box office,
or at 03-6060800, ext. 9.
Socrates
Directed by Alexandre Moratto
Producer: Fernando Meirelles, Ramin Bahrani, Tammy Weiss
Cast: Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji
Brazil, 2018, 71 minutes, Portuguese with English and Hebrew subtitles
Festivals and Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2019 – Winner Someone to Watch Award for the filmmaker Alexandre Moratto
Festival Mix Brasil 2018 – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor
Miami Film Festival 2019 – Winner First Feature Award
Woodstock Film Festival 2018 – Best Film
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2018 – Best Fiction Film
Christian Malheiros in his debut film is going to crush your heart with unforgettable role.
After his mother’s sudden death, Socrates, 15, must learn how to take care of himself. The city of Sao Paulo is not friendly to people living on the margins of society. Surely not blacks and homeless. Without a legal guardian and without any income to cover the rent for the apartment where he lived with his mother, Socrates must find odd jobs. At the construction site he meets a young man, which begins with violent hostility develops into an extraordinary love story, but the tough life in the streets of Sao Paulo have completely different plan for Socrates and when the financial pressures are strengthened he will have to confront the brutal reality.
“Socrates” is an unusual film with a sensitivity that is reminiscent of realistic works such as François Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” and Ken Loach’s “Sweet Sixteen”.
After his mother’s sudden death, Socrates, 15, must learn how to take care of himself. The city of Sao Paulo is not friendly to people living on the margins of society. Surely not blacks and homeless. Without a legal guardian and without any income to cover the rent for the apartment where he lived with his mother, Socrates must find odd jobs. At the construction site he meets a young man, which begins with violent hostility develops into an extraordinary love story, but the tough life in the streets of Sao Paulo have completely different plan for Socrates and when the financial pressures are strengthened he will have to confront the brutal reality.
“Socrates” is an unusual film with a sensitivity that is reminiscent of realistic works such as François Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” and Ken Loach’s “Sweet Sixteen”.