LAST DAYS OF GILDA

LOS ULTIMOS DIAS DE GILDA

By Gustavo PIZZI

EASTWEST FILMDISTRIBUTION GMBH - as SALES

Black comedy - Completed 2020

Gilda loves cooking, men and life. But for her narrow-minded, religious neighbours this self- confident, independent woman who butchers pigs in her garden and has more than one lover, is increasingly becoming a thorn in the flesh.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2021
Series
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Black comedy
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gustavo PIZZI
    • Writer(s)
    • Gustavo PIZZI, Karine TELES
    • Producer(s)
    • Gustavo PIZZI
    • Synopsis
    • Gilda (Karine Teles) is a free woman in the broadest sense of the word; she breeds pigs and chickens for slaughter in the backyard of her home and with her excellent culinary skills, produces recipes that delight her friends and lovers alike.
      But her free-spirited behaviour and sexual confidence increasingly irritates her neighbours, especially Cacilda (Julia Stockler), wife of Ismael (Igor Campagnaro), who is running for public office through a local party linked to a religious group.
      As tensions rise, Gilda flaunts her independence and continues with her multiple relationships, which are free from ties or labels. But if the prejudice, sexism and cruel gossip of everyone around her is not enough to bare, Gilda must also deal with an increase in urban violence where she lives and the fight between drug dealers, police and militiamen in search of control of her community.
      The Last Days of Gilda presents a reflection on freedom, the role of women in society, self-acceptance and the dangerous alliance between religion and public power.
      An adaptation of Rodrigo de Roure’s theatrical monologue of the same name, the 4-part limited series has been created and directed by Gustavo Pizzi (Loveling, Riscado) and co-written with Karine Teles. The cast includes Karine Teles (Bacurau, Loveling), Antonio Saboia (Bacurau), Julia Stock- ler (Invisible Life), Lucas Gouvêa (Loveling), Ana Carbatti, João Vitor Silva and Higor Campagnaro.