Charcoal (film) explained

Charcoal

Native Name:

Director:

Carolina Markowicz

Producer:

Zita Carvalhosa

Cinematography:

Pepe Mendes

Editing:

Lautaro Colace

Music:

Alejandro Kauderer

Runtime:

107 minutes

Charcoal (Portuguese: Carvão) is a 2022 Argentine-Brazilian black comedy-drama film written and directed by Carolina Markowicz.^[1]

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.^[2] It also screened as part of the Latin Horizons program at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.^[3]

Notes and References

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