VAI CAVALO

Brazil, France 2022 – Director: Harold Grenouilleau – Co-Director: Vincent Rimbaux – Original language: Portuguese – Subtitles: English, French – Length: 66 min.

  • Sat, 5/6/23
    19.00
    City 3
    Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors M. Willi and O. Joliat)
  • Tue, 5/9/23
    21.00
    Rio 2
    Original with English subtitles
  • Fri, 5/12/23
    16.00
    Neues Maxim
    Original with English subtitles
  • Sat, 5/13/23
    18.30
    City 3
    Original with English subtitles

The idyllic greenery of their surroundings is deceptive: Dirlinho and his cousin’s childhood is marked by deprivation and violence. They try to escape by working as jockeys. While the punters – mostly older men – bet on them, they gamble with their lives for a better future by riding doped horses. Always on the protagonists’ eye level, the film captures their balancing act between hope and hopelessness. Sara Gómez Schüller

Biography

Harold Grenouilleau has worked as editor-in-chief and later as artistic director for France Télévisions, Canal+ and Europa Corp. VAI CAVALO is his first film as writer/director.

Vincent Rimbaux is chief cinematographer, editor and director. He is primarily active as a cinematographer.

Filmography

Harold Grenouilleau
25 NUANCES DE DOC, FR 2016/17, 13 episodes between 70 and 90 min.

Vincent Rimbaux
RESSACA, FR 2018, 86 min. (together with Patrizia Landi)

Note

This film contains explicit depictions of animal cruelty.


Nominated for the DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

The films in this series tell stories from countries in transition. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ and are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte Competition, endowed with 5,000 euros. The award donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.

 

Writer: Harold Grenouilleau. Camera: Vincent Rimbaux. Sound: Harold Grenouilleau. Editing: Fabian Remy. Music: Vitor Cozilos. Production: Babel Doc. Producer: Stéphanie Lebrun.

DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency 2023
  • Sat, 5/6/23
    19.00
    City 3
    Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors M. Willi and O. Joliat)
  • Tue, 5/9/23
    21.00
    Rio 2
    Original with English subtitles
  • Fri, 5/12/23
    16.00
    Neues Maxim
    Original with English subtitles
  • Sat, 5/13/23
    18.30
    City 3
    Original with English subtitles