| Futuro Beach | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Karim Aïnouz |
| Cinematography: | Ali Olay Gözkaya |
| Editing: | Isabela Monteiro de Castro |
| Music: | Hauschka |
| Runtime: | 106 minutes |
| Budget: | $4 million |
| Gross: | $779,835[1] |
Futuro Beach (Portuguese: Praia do Futuro) is a 2014 drama film co-written and directed by Karim Aïnouz, and starring Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick and Jesuíta Barbosa. Shot in Fortaleza and Berlin, the film had its world premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] [3]
When Donato, a lifeguard at Praia do Futuro, fails to rescue a drowning German tourist, he feels the tourist's death 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 Praia do Futuro and saved from drowning. Whenever he drifts away, his younger brother, Ayrton, brings him back.[4]