''Futuro Beach'' ( pt, Praia do Futuro) is a 2014 Brazilian-German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Karim Aïnouz Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. Career Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father. He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, ' ...

, and starring

Wagner Moura Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Wagner started his career doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances ...

Clemens Schick Clemens Schick (born 15 February 1972) is a German actor, model, political activist and human rights advocate. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1998, including leading roles in both German and international productions. He has ap ...

and

Jesuíta Barbosa José Jesuíta Barbosa Neto (born 26 June 1991) is a Brazilian actor. He is considered an important talent of recent Brazilian cinema and has performed in critically acclaimed feature films. Biography Jesuíta was born in Salgueiro and spent ...

. The film had its premiere in the competition section of the

64th Berlin International Film Festival The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 February 2014. Wes Anderson's film ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' opened the festival. British film director Ken Loach was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The Golden ...

Plot

In the film, shot in

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, Wagner Moura plays the lifeguard Donato, who works at Praia do Futuro. When a German tourist loses his life in a drowning, Donato feels the death of the tourist was his fault and begins a journey to escape from his present self. Donato leaves for Berlin in search of his German lover, Konrad, whom he had met ten years earlier at the Praia do Futuro and saved from drowning. Whenever he drifts away, his younger brother, Ayrton (Jesuita Barbosa), brings him back.

Cast

as Donato *

as Konrad *

as Ayrton *Sabine Timoteo as Heiko's Wife *Ingo Naujoks as Mechanic *

Emily Cox Emily Cox may refer to: * Emily Cox (actress) (born 1985), Austrian actress * Emily Cox (puzzle writer), American puzzle writer * Emily Cox (conductor), Australian conductor and choir master {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Emily ...

as Nanna *Natascha Paulick as Bartender *Christoph Zrenner as School Janitor *Sophie Charlotte Conrad as Dakota *Yannik Burwiek as Heiko's Son

References

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* * 2014 films 2010s Portuguese-language films 2010s German-language films Brazilian drama films German drama films 2014 drama films Films shot in Fortaleza Films set in Fortaleza Films shot in Berlin Films set in Berlin Films directed by Karim Aïnouz Brazilian LGBT-related films German LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films 2014 LGBT-related films Best Picture APCA Award winners Gay-related films Brazilian multilingual films German multilingual films 2010s German films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub