''Area Q.'' (''Área Q'' in
Brazilian Portuguese) is a 2011 American-Brazilian
science fiction film directed by Gerson Sanginitto and starring
Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington IV is an American actor and media personality. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence for portraying Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series ''Grey's Anatomy'' from 2005 to 2007.
Wash ...
,
Tania Khalill, and
Murilo Rosa. It was shot in
Los Angeles and multiple locations in the
Brazilian state of
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
.
Plot
The film follows the story of Thomas Mathews, a well-known and award-winning reporter who suffers a big impact with the disappearance of his son. A year later, Thomas has not discovered anything about the kidnapping and remains obsessed with it to the point of being about to lose his home and his job.
In order to help him, his boss offers a special project, in which the journalist must investigate cases of UFO sightings,
close encounters of the first, second and third kind and even abductions. For this task he must travel to
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
,
Brazil, in the cities of
Quixadá and
Quixeramobim, known as "Area Q".
It is during investigations that Thomas meets João Batista, a man who has many answers about what is happening in this area and also about his son. Gradually, he begins to realize that he is about to experience the greatest discovery of his life.
Cast
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Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington IV is an American actor and media personality. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence for portraying Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series ''Grey's Anatomy'' from 2005 to 2007.
Wash ...
as Thomas Mathews
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Murilo Rosa as João Batista
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Tania Khalill as Valquiria
* Ricardo Conti as Eliosvaldo
* Leslie Lewis Sword as Carol Matthews
* Jordan Jones as Peter Mathews
* Jenny Vilim as Cynthia
References
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2011 science fiction films
2010s English-language films
Alien abduction films
American science fiction films
Brazilian science fiction films
Films shot in Ceará
Films shot in Los Angeles
2010s Portuguese-language films
2010s American films
2011 multilingual films
American multilingual films
Brazilian multilingual films
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