Irene and Jairo live in the Brazilian countryside with their son Jean. They take care of Irene’s bed-ridden father and try to make ends meet with their small charcoal business. Their life drastically changes when a dodgy nurse suggests an evil plan: to kill her sick father and shelter a fugitive Argentinian drug lord. This surreal plot twist has big consequences.
‘Charcoal’ is a contagious black comedy with beautiful art direction. Everything in the film feels exaggerated: the décor, the camera work, the acting, the editing, the lighting and – the icing on the cake – the storyline. All this makes this film very enjoyable. Strong debut feature film by a female director.
- direction
- Carolina Markowicz
- cast
- César Bordón, Rômulu Braga, Jean de Almeida Costa
- duration
- 107 min
- year
- 2022
- country
- Argentina, Brazil
- language
- Portugese, Spanish
- Subtitles
- Dutch, English
An original thriller that also has a caustic undercurrent with some necessary dark humour.