Murmúrio Filmes

A ceramist is in her humble atelier surrounded by her creations. Outside, a world in flames. Inside, dark inner worlds take shape.

Nilson, a guide at the Municipal Aquarium of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is one of those affected by the constant flooding caused by torrential rains and floods in the Arrudas River basins in the city, which is now facing the greatest flood in its history.

Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman and one of Brazil’s leading Indigenous voices, confronts the threat of large mining companies encroaching on his Amazon territory. We follow him on a journey to Brumadinho, where he encounters the aftermath of the Brumadinho dam disaster. Between the earthly and the spiritual realms, his path intersects with the maxita watimapë—the “earth eaters” — and leads him to reunite with his longtime ally Ailton Krenak.

As he remembers a relationship with a younger man, he reflects on his insecurities, traumas, and his own sexuality.

1994, interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The inertia of Francisco's last days is broken by an unexpected visit.

Two enemy tribes had waited for centuries for the great revelation of the sacred secret. But the one chosen by the Supreme God to receive the secret was Princess Sikán. When she was wronged by the men of both tribes, day turned into eternal night.

Future memories take shape on an ordinary night in Goiás. In the backyard of her grandmother’s house, Caju, a 10-year-old child, will spend her first sleepless night with the friends of her uncle Tiago, a rebellious young man.