Three Summers (Tres Veroes)

Comedy, Drama – Brazil – 2019 – 94′
In Portuguese with English Subtitles

Synopsis

Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums (Regina Casé) relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way, in Sandra Kogut’s (Campo Grande) humorous and inventive episodic feature.
Showcasing the rare talents of Brazilian acting legend Regina Casé — star of The Second Mother and TIFF ’00 selection Me You Them — the latest feature from director Sandra Kogut (Campo Grande, TIFF ’15) is a brilliant comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who can never take anything for granted.
Casé plays Madá, the fifty-something caretaker for a cluster of luxury beachside condos owned by a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family. Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers — 2015 to 2017 — the film follows Madá as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to the every need of her condescending employers, becomes a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal, and eventually launches a whole new career. With every dizzying new turn of events, Madá manages to retain her high spirits, her sense of loyalty to those who deserve it — and her eagle eye for opportunity.
Written by Kogut and Iana Cossoy Paro, Three Summers is a sort of modern picaresque, its tripartite structure allowing us to track its heroine’s roll-with-the-punches pluck while bearing witness to an epoch-defining scandal based on the real-life criminal investigation Operation Car Wash.
Buoyed by masterful comic timing and striking an irresistible balance of naïveté and ceaseless cleverness, Madá is one of the charimatic Casé’s most endearing characters, a beacon of tenacious optimism and vivacity in a time when affluent malfeasance seems ubiquitous.
Diana Sanchez (Tiff 2019)

Directed by

Sandra Kogut

Cast

Regina Casé, Rogério Fróes, Otavio Müller

Reactions

« Cleverly written and staged. Marks another occasion for Brazilian actress Regina Casé to shine in the role of a housekeeper trying to overcome stiff social barriers and find her own slice of happiness. » – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Awards and Fests

TIFF 2019 – Contemporary World Cinema
Hamptons IFF 2019
Antalya FF 2019 – Best Actress Winner
Leiden IFF 2019
Festival on Wheels 2019
La Habana FF 2019 – Best Editing Winner
Rio IFF 2019 – Best Actress Winner
Göteborg FF 2020
Glasgow FF 2020
Panama IFF 2020

Playdates and Virtual Cinema Bookings

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Varsity Davis
Davis
CA
11/27/2020
The Lark
Larkspur
CA
12/4/2020
Laemmle Cinemas
Los Angeles
CA
11/27/2020
Oxnard Film Society
Oxnard
CA
11/27/2020
Rafael@home
San Rafael
CA
11/27/2020
Dairy Art Center
Boulder
CO
11/27/2020
Sie Film Center
Denver
CO
11/27/2020
Avalon Cinema
Washington
DC
11/27/2020
Movies of Delray/Lakeworth
Delray Beach
FL
11/27/2020
Coral Gables Cinema
Miami
FL
11/27/2020
Corazon Cinema and Cafe
St Augustine
FL
11/27/2020
Tallahassee Fim Society
Tallahassee
FL
11/27/2020
Tampa Theatre
Tampa
FL
11/27/2020
Cine Athens
Athens
GA
11/27/2020
The Flicks
Boise
ID
12/18/2020
Gene Siskel Film Center
Chicago
IL
11/27/2020
Landmark Cinemas
Peoria
IL
11/27/2020
Baxter Cinema
Louisville
KY
11/27/2020
Brattle Cinema
Cambridge
MA
11/27/2020
THE SCREENING ROOM
Newburyport
MA
11/27/2020
Ely’s Historic State Theater
Ely
MN
12/4/2020
Parkway Theater
Minneapolis
MN
11/27/2020
Cameo Art House Theater
Fayetteville
NC
11/27/2020
River Run Film Festival
Winston Salem
NC
11/27/2020
A/perture
Winston Salem
NC
12/9/2020
Crandell Theatre
Chatham
NY
11/27/2020
Time and Space
Hudson
NY
11/27/2020
Angelika FIlm Center
New York
NY
12/11/2020
Jacob Burns Film Center
Pleasantville
NY
12/4/2020
Cleveland Cinemas
Cleveland
OH
11/27/2020
Cleveland Cinematheque
Cleveland
OH
11/27/2020
Cinema Salem
Salem
OR
12/4/2020
Belcourt Theater
Nashville
TN
11/27/2020
MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL
Middleburg
VA
11/27/2020
Neptune Movie House
Long Beach
WA
11/27/2020

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