| Toll | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Carolina Markowicz |
| Producer: | Karen Castanho Vega Fernando Fraiha Carolina Markowicz Bianca Villar Luís Urbano Sandro Aguilar |
| Starring: | Maeve Jinkings Thomás Aquino |
| Cinematography: | Luis Armando Arteaga |
| Editing: | Lautaro Colace Ricardo Saraiva |
| Music: | Filipe Derado |
| Studio: | Biônica Filmes O Som e a Fúria |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Brazil Portugal |
| Language: | Portuguese |
Toll (Portuguese: Pedágio) is a 2023 Brazilian-Portuguese drama film written, directed and co-produced by Carolina Markowicz.[1] The film stars Maeve Jinkings as Suellen, a woman who gets drawn into a criminal gang as she tries to raise the money to send her gay son to a conversion therapy program.
The cast also includes Thomás Aquino, Isac Graça, Caio Macedo, Kauan Alvarenga and Aline Marta Maia.
The film was first announced in 2020 as Markowicz's feature debut,[2] although production was delayed and she instead released Charcoal (Carvão) in 2022 before completing Toll.[3]
The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] where Markowicz has been named as the recipient of the Emerging Talent Award.[5] After screening as part of the official competition at the 24th Havana Film Festival New York, Markowicz received the Havana Star Prize for Best Director.[6]
It is also slated to screen in the Horizontes Latinos program at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival.[7]