SAINT IRINEU

SÃO IRINEU

By Tiago MELO

URÂNIO FILMES - as PROD

Drama - Development 2026

After visiting his long lost family, Mestre Irineu returns to Rio Branco to transform his Daime doctrine community. When a journalist investigates the ‘forest wizard’ and his Ayahuasca rituals, Irineu’s legacy begins reaching the world.

    • Year of production
    • 2026
    • Genres
    • Drama, True Story, Biography
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tiago MELO
    • Producer(s)
    • Carol FERREIRA (URÂNIO FILMES)
    • Synopsis
    • After visiting relatives in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil, Mestre Irineu, founder of the Daime doctrine, returns to Rio Branco, and decides to make changes in his community. He is about to become known in Brazil and internationally, after receiving a visit from an investigative journalist, who seeks to find out who the “forest wizard” is, who gathers followers in  the Amazon, under the cult of Ayahuasca.