Memories of the Desert

2014 film directed by Jorge Durán

9 March 2014 (2014-03-09) (Miami International Film Festival)
4 June 2015 (2015-06-04) (Brazil)

Running time

98 minutesCountryBrazilLanguagesPortuguese
Spanish

Memories of the Desert (Portuguese: Romance Policial) is a 2014 Brazilian-Chilean crime drama film directed and written by Jorge Durán. It stars Daniel de Oliveira as a young Brazilian writer named Antonio, who decides to go to the Atacama Desert in search of inspiration for a tale. Daniela Ramírez and Álvaro Rudolphy co-star in supporting roles. The film was first screened on 9 March 2014 at the Miami International Film Festival,^[1] and was released theatrically in Brazil on 4 June 2015.

Plot

Antonio is a 30-year-old civil servant living in Rio de Janeiro, with a penchant for writing, who travels to the Atacama Desert in search of inspiration to write a novel. The arid and astonishing landscape leaves him in awe. One day, Antonio, hiking through the desert, hears suspicious noises and finds a dead man (whom he had met earlier in a bar). He is detained by Martínez, a local police officer, who forbids him to leave Chile or the village of San Pedro de Atacama, where he stays. Antonio also meets Florencia, a local bar-owner, with whom he develops a romantic relationship. The crime situation and his ongoing romance with Florencia help him write his tale and get mixed in it.

Cast

Daniel de Oliveira as Antonio
Daniela Ramírez as Florencia
Álvaro Rudolphy as Martínez
Roxana Campos as Miriam
Rogério Fróes as The Old Writer
Nelson Polania as El Hombre (as Nelson Polanco)
Victor Montero as Romo
María Izquierdo as Florencia's Mother

Awards and nominations

Best Film – Bogotá Film Festival (nominated)^[2]
The Knight Competition – Miami International Film Festival (nominated)^[3]

References

^ "49 films will premiere at miami international film festival, a program of miami dade college's MDCulture". Miami International Film Festival. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ "Festival de Cine de Bogotá presenta su competencia oficial". El Espectador. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^ "Miami International Film Festival, A Program of Miami Dade College's MDCulture, Announces its 31st Edition Film Lineup". Miami International Film Festival. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.