World premiere

Nobody Leaves Alive

Local title
Keegi ei lahku elusalt
Original title
Ninguém Sai Vivo Daqui
Director
André Ristum
Country
Brazil
Year
2023
Programme
Critics' Picks Competition
Genre
Drama
Subject
interpersonal relationships, individual vs society

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up, this seems to be a trend this year among the maestros of cinema. The film is inspired by true events that took place in the last century in the “Colonia” hospital in Brazil. Whoever didn’t fit the standards of society, or their family’s perception of it, was locked away, tortured, and killed. There were altogether more than 60,000 victims. Hope dies last, and some of the inmates don’t give up the fight. We’re reminded of film classics such as “One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest” or “Alcatraz”.

Decades later, the topic of this film hasn’t lost any of its relevance and is a must-see this year in Tallinn. Without spoiling the end, of course, someone must be left alive to tell her story and take revenge.

Niki Nikitin

Director
André Ristum
Screenwriter
André Ristum, Marco Dutra, Rita Gloria Curvo
Cast
Fernanda Marques, Augusto Madeira, Andréia Horta, Rejane Faria, Naruna Costa
Producer
André Ristum, Rodrigo Castellar, Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, André Novis
DoP
Hélcio Alemao Nagamine
Composer
Patrick De Jongh
Runtime
Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
English

Screenings

6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120602 / Keegi ei lahku elusalt
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsAndré Ristum (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Rodrigo Castellar (Producer), Fernanda Marques (Cast), Patrick de Jongh (Composer)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening160803 / Keegi ei lahku elusalt
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening170804 / Keegi ei lahku elusalt
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker