In 1907, Emile Kuntz's father left Alsace and immigrated to Joinville in southern Brazil. He died tragically a few days after his arrival. Close to a century later, Emile doesn't know much about this story, but the mystery haunts him just as Brazil fascinates him.
He confides in his friend, Regina, a Brazilian director living in Alsace, who leads the investigation to Brazil where she uncovers a city marked with a Germanic culture. Discovering the circumstances of the death, she reassembles the different pieces of the family puzzle... A film in homage to an old man who had others call him Emilio.
PLEASE NOTE : THE DVD OF THIS FILM WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT SUMMER 2009
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Technical data :
duration
52 minutes
camera
Frank Barbian, Franck Guepratte, Dominique Béduchaud
sound
Francis Bonfanti, Olivier Loutz, Christian Cazaubon
editing
Daniel Coche
sound mixer
Marc Rodicq
a coproduction
dora productions, Freihaendler, Gambit films France 3 Alsace France 3
grants
Centre National de la Cinématographie
Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg, Région Alsace, Procirep, Angoa,-Agicoa, Prefeitura Municipal de Joinville, Fundaçao Cultural de Joinville, Promotur, Programme Media
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