The Blue Trail

Gabriel Mascaro’s wondrous adventure of a defiant elder fleeing an ageist society is a life affirming boat-movie that manages laughs and warmth in the face of calamity.

In near future Brazil, elderly citizens are forced into living facilities to avoid hindering their offspring’s productivity. Having reached the fateful age, Tereza (Denise Weinberg, a veteran of Brazilian stage and screen) dreams of flying in a plane, so she seeks to fulfil this fantasy of embarking on an illegal journey through the Amazon. There she will find something even better than flight: independence...

Political and unsentimental yet profoundly human, The Blue Trail is a transfixing journey you won’t easily forget.

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