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Based on an original story by Milton Hatoum, one of Brazil’s most prominent contemporary writers receiving Brazil’s most prestigious literary award, the Jabuti Prize, three times for best novel, RIVER OF DESIRE tells the captivating tale of three brothers who end up living under the same roof with the middle brother’s beautiful new wife. Anaira is sensual, playful, beguiling, and happy to be working on her husband Dalberto’s newly acquired river boat. But when her husband is obliged to take a mysterious passenger up the Amazon from Brazil all the way to Peru, a trip of several weeks, the young woman feels abandoned and becomes despondent, seeking comfort in the company Dalberto’s two brothers. When Dalberto finally returns home, he finds himself in a complex situation of passion and deceit.

River of Desire

Production Status

Completed

Genre:

Romantic Thriller


The Trailer:

Starring

  • Sophie Charlotte (Young Hearts, Holy Biker, Dark Days)
  • Daniel De Oliveira (Where My Heart Is, Blue Blood, The Nightshifter)
  • Gabriel Leone (Dom, Mercy, Dark Days)
  • Romulo Braga (Elon Doesn't Believe in Death, Valentina)

Director

Sérgio Machado (Lower City, Violin Teacher, The Freitas Brothers)

Producers

Rodrigo Castellar (A Wolf at the Door, Special Operations)
Caio Gullane (The Traitor, Till Luck Do Us Part)
Fabiano Gullane (The Second Mother, The Traitor)
Pablo Torrecillas (A Wolf at the Door, Special Operations)
André Novis (4 x 100 Running for a Dream)
Sérgio Machado (A Luta Do Seculo)

Press

  • Exhibition and awards at FestPunta 2023
  • Punta del Este and River of Desire
  • CMG Scores Major Territory Sales on Brazil’s Tallinn Black Nights Title, ‘River of Desire’
  • CMG boards Cannes sales on ‘Island City’
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