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Sacred Curse - Directed by Tandie Sogo & Pedro Lacerda

Project Type: Film

Project Title: SACRED CURSE

Brief Synopsis: SACRED CURSE follows Ciça, a river laundress whose life is bound to the São Francisco River. After a devastating loss, she must confront her grief and seek reconciliation with the waters that have always sustained her—a near-wordless, dance-inflected meditation on mourning, identity, spirituality, and nature.

Runtime: 24min

Completion Date:10.04.2025

Country of Origin: Brazil

Language: Portuguese (minimal dialogue)


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Credits

Directors: Tandie Sogo & Pedro Lacerda

Story and Screenplay: Tandie Sogo

Producers: Tandie Sogo & Pedro Lacerda

Production Designer: Gustavo Costa

Cinematographers: Fernando Pereira & Tandie Sogo


Key Cast: Pedro Lacerda (Ciça), Alexsandra Valenthynna

(Cosminho), Zeus (Zeus the Dog)

Additional Cast (extras): Residents of Ilha do Massangano; River

Woman (Mel Nogueira); Clothesline Woman (Miriam)

 
 
 

© Tokyo International Short Film Festival I 2025

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