“Hold onto your hats because things are about to get surreal…
delightfully absurd [with] brilliant political, economic and social satire
— S. Lyons, The Sound View
A ONCE-POPULAR AUTHOR, SUFFERING FROM WRITER’S BLOCK AND PUBLISHER THREATS, BEGINS TO BRING HIS CHARACTERS TO LIFE IN THIS DARK COMEDY FROM BRAZILIAN WRITER-DIRECTOR ALY MURTIBA
JESUS KID
Street Date: July 26, 2022
DVD/Digital: $24.95
Murtiba, Director of Brazil’s 2022 Oscar Submission, Deserto Particular,
Delivers His Award-winning Sophomore Feature to DVD with a
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
SYNOPSIS
Eugênio, (Paulo Miklos) the author of once-popular Western novels, has fallen on hard times. When sales of his books go from bad to worse, his publisher – with its new backers — pressures him to ghostwrite a political biography…or else. Instead, he accepts an offer to work on a screenplay in complete isolation for three months. But while holed up inside a luxury hotel, he begins to see visions of his most famous creation, the gunslinger “Jesus Kid” (Sergio Marone) in this delightfully dark satirical fantasy from writer/director Aly Murtiba, whose Deserto Particular was Brazil’s official entry for the 2022 Best International Film Oscar.
BONUS FEATURES
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Genre: World Cinema/Comedy
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1:1.85 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Dolby & 2.0 Stereo
Language: Brazilian Portuguese with English Subtitles
