‘The Violin Teacher’ Helmer Sergio Machado Drops Trailer for Tallinn Fest Title ‘River of Desire’ (Exclusive)
Brazil’s Sergio Machado, renowned for lauded dramas “The Violin Teacher” and “Lower City,” debuts his latest film “River of Desire” (“Orio do Desejo”) at Estonia’s 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, where it competes in the official selection.
Produced by Tc Filmes and powerhouse production company Gullane, producer of such acclaimed Brazilian classics as “Carandiru,” “The Second Mother” and “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” “River of Desire” is inspired by the novel “The Brothers” by Brazilian literary prizewinner, Wilton Hatoum. Globo Filmes and Mar Grande are associate producers. Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group handles international sales.
Not unlike his debut feature “Lower City,” winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Youth Award, Machado explores how jealousy and rivalry destroys close bonds. In the case of “River of Desire,” the protagonists are three brothers, instead of two close friends, who tussle over the same woman. It
