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SON OF OX

FILHO DE BOI

By Haroldo BORGES, Ernesto MOLINERO

Drama - Completed 2019

João wants to escape. One day, a circus arrives and it is the perfect opportunity! But his journey will take him to an unexpected place: back home.

Busan - BIFF/APM 2019

Flash Forward

Malaga 2020

ZonaZine - Audience Award

Mostra Internacional SP 2020

Competitiva Novos Diretores

Guadalajara FICG 2020

Official Competition

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BRAZIL
- Languages
- BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 91 mn
- Director(s)
- Haroldo BORGES, Ernesto MOLINERO
- Writer(s)
- Haroldo BORGES, Paula GOMES
- Cast
- Luiz Carlos VASCONCELOS, João PEDRO, Vinicius BUSTANI, Jonas LABORDA, Wilma MACEDO
- Producer(s)
- Paula GOMES (PLANO 3 FILMES), Marcos BAUTISTA (PLANO 3 FILMES)
- Synopsis
- João is 13 years old and he lives in the outback of Bahia. The arid landscape dominates everything. The bond between João and his father is broken. He has no friends and the people call him through the cruel nickname "Son of Ox". At the threshold of adolescence, João wants to escape from that place, where does not seem to exist any possibility of he fit in.
  One day, a small circus arrives in the town. They are looking for a new clown. João is a silent boy, with an ingrained soul, and curiously, this make him be the chosen one. At the circus, João set up a friendship with the Shaggy Clown, who encourages him to face his fears. But, the escape journey of João will make him mature, taking him where he least expected: back home.
  "Son of Ox" is a film about belonging, which throws light on the territory. It´s a film set in a contemporary Brazil, into a universe of masculinity and discrimination, where is urgent to reinvent itself. Sometimes, stay requires more courage than leave.