Synopse

Between God and greed in the Amazon rainforest: Pia Marais’ fourth feature film is a feverish drama including Western and coming-of-age elements – with an impressive Helena Zengel in the lead role. Rebecca, the daughter of missionary Lawrence Byrne, has been seen as a “miracle” ever since she survived a plane crash deep in the Amazon rainforest. Years later, Rebecca has become a miracle healer, who thanks to her growing fame can support her father’s mission. But when illegal loggers advance into the land of the indigenous population who are being evangelized by Rebecca’s father, he manoeuvres her into the epicentre of the escalating conflict. And Rebecca begins to resent her role in the process.

Regie

PIA MARAIS (*1971 in Johannesburg) grew up in South Africa and Sweden and studied Film at the German Film and TV Academy in Berlin. Her debut film Die Unerzogenen (2007) won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, for Layla Fourie (2013) she gained an Honourable Mention at the Berlinale. In 2010, FILMFEST HAMBURG showed her film Im Alter von Ellen.

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