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Tokkotai Paquetá
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Tokkotai Paquetá

Tokkotai Paquetá

Cao Guimarães
Brazil
2024
28 min
World Premiere
IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
Tickets & Times
Synopsis

On the tranquil island of Paquetá, in Guanabara Bay, northwest of the city of Rio de Janeiro, someone is relaxing on the shore beside the rocks. Intimate telephone conversations contrast against news reports about the war in Ukraine, which is taking place simultaneously on a different plane.

Between the lines, director Cao Guimarães weaves the story of a Japanese kamikaze pilot during the Second World War. His camera often turns to the nature of Paquetá: wind blowing through a treetop, a flock of birds skimming over the water, a colony of great egrets crossing a street.

As in his previous work, Guimarães finds a casual poetry in the details in this short documentary. Yet there is also a bitter note to Tokkotai Paquetá: however peaceful the island may be, every now and then the war, like a seal, raises its head above the surface.

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Tickets & Times
Sun, november 17
Part of Tokkotai Paquetá & Iron
17:15 – 18:51
Eye: Cinema 2
Film fully subtitled in English

Mon, november 18
Part of Tokkotai Paquetá & Iron
16:15 – 17:51
Pathé City 5
Film fully subtitled in English

Wed, november 20
Part of Tokkotai Paquetá & Iron
15:30 – 16:41
Tuschinski 6
Film fully subtitled in English

Thu, november 21
Part of Tokkotai Paquetá & Iron
18:15 – 19:26
Pathé City 7
Film fully subtitled in English

Fri, november 22
Part of Tokkotai Paquetá & Iron, Free with Cineville. More info at idfa.nl/cineville
21:00 – 22:10
Het Documentaire Paviljoen: De Spiegel
Film fully subtitled in English
Credits
28 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Portuguese
Director
    Cao Guimarães
    Cao Guimarães
Production
    Marina Meliande for Duas Mariola Filmes
    Marina Meliande for Duas Mariola Filmes
Cinematography
    Cao Guimarães
    Cao Guimarães
Editing
    Cao Guimarães
    Cao Guimarães
Sound
    O Grivo
    O Grivo
Sound Design
    O Grivo
    O Grivo
Music
    O Grivo
    O Grivo
Screening copy
    Duas Mariola Filmes
    Duas Mariola Filmes

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