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Andrea Štaka to direct historical drama ‘Ibicaba: Promised Paradise’
Director Andrea Štaka is making a historical drama called “Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido,” based on a novel by Eveline Hasler and real events at a farm in rural São Paulo.
Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti are set to star.
Set in 1855, the story follows a Swiss working-class single mother who travels to Brazil hoping for a better life.
Instead, she faces debt, surveillance and exploitation in a society structured by slavery.
Her story intersects with Inocência, an enslaved Black woman who has healing knowledge and finds ways to resist.
The film is being produced by Brazil’s MyMama Entertainment with Swiss and Brazilian partners, and historical research is being carried out with historian Caróu Oliveira.
Filming is planned for next year in Switzerland and Cordeirópolis, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Andrea Štaka will direct the historical drama “Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido,” based on real events in rural São Paulo.
Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti are set to star in the film.
The story follows a Swiss single mother who travels to Brazil in 1855 and encounters debt, surveillance and exploitation in a society structured by slavery.
Her path crosses with Inocência, an enslaved Black woman who uses her healing knowledge and devises strategies of resistance.
The film is planned to shoot in Switzerland and Cordeirópolis, São Paulo, next year.
- Who
- Director Andrea Štaka; actors Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti are set to take part.
- What
- A historical drama adapted from Eveline Hasler’s novel and based on real events.
- When
- Set in 1855; filming is planned for next year.
- Where
- The story is set at a farm in rural São Paulo; filming is planned in Switzerland and Cordeirópolis, Brazil.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Ibicaba” secured the co-production development award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
The film is planned to shoot in Switzerland and Cordeirópolis, in São Paulo state.
- Director
- Andrea Štaka
- Set in
- 1855
- Cast
- Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti
- Source novel
- Ibicaba: O Paraíso nas Cabeças” by Eveline Hasler
- Planned filming locations
- Switzerland and Cordeirópolis, São Paulo, Brazil
What people are saying
I think it is very important because we have a wealth of locations, of cast and capable crews
I don’t work only with Brazilian auteurs
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