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2022 film
Charcoal
Promotional release poster
PortugueseCarvão
Directed byCarolina Markowicz
Written byCarolina Markowicz
Produced byZita Carvalhosa
Starring
CinematographyPepe Mendes
Edited byLautaro Colace
Music byAlejandro Kauderer
Production
companies
  • Superfilms
  • Biônica Filmes
  • Ajimolido Films
Release date
  • September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time107 minutes
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Charcoal (Portuguese: Carvão) is a 2022 Argentine-Brazilian black comedy-drama film written and directed by Carolina Markowicz.

Plot

In the São Paulo countryside, a rural peasant family struggle to care for their ailing patriarch; one day, however, an Argentine drug lord arrives with an offer to give them a substantial amount of money conditional on permitting him to kill the old man and take his place as part of his efforts to hide out from criminal prosecution.

Cast

  • César Bordón as Miguel
  • Rômulo Braga
  • Jean de Almeida Costa as Jean
  • Maeve Jinkings as Irene
  • Camila Márdila as Luciana
  • Aline Marta Maia
  • Pedro Wagner

Release

The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022. It also screened as part of the Latin Horizons program at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Reception

Charcoal has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 17 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10.

References

  1. Holly Jones, "Urban Sales Swoops on Carolina Markowicz’s Toronto-San Sebastian Title ‘Charcoal’". Variety, August 11, 2022.
  2. Jeremy Kay, "Frances O’Connor’s ‘Emily’ to open TIFF Platform alongside films from Maïmouna Doucouré, Rima Das". Screen Daily, 3 August 2022.
  3. Eric Lavallée, "2022 San Sebastian: Barragán’s Octopus Skin, Markowicz’s Charcoal & Martelli’s 1976 Populate Horizontes Latinos". Ion Cinema, August 11, 2022.
  4. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/charcoal

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