Petrus Cariry

Petrus Cariry

Birth : 1977-12-28, Fortaleza (Brazil)

History

Born in Brazil in 1977, Petrus Cariry directed his first feature film in 2007, the award-winning film “The Grain”, which started the trilogy of death, followed by “Mother and Daughter” (2011) and “Clarisse” (2015) that together won more than 200 awards at national and international film festivals. In 2018 he released “The Boat”, his first feature film after the death trilogy. In 2019, Petrus released the documentary "The Welles Raft" directed in collaboration with Firmino Holanda. Petrus Cariry films have been shown at important film festivals such as Nantes (3 Continents), India (IFFI), Toulouse, Mar Del Plata, Vina Del Mar, Habana, Miami and Oldenburg.

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Petrus Cariry

Movies

Mais Pesado é o Céu
Script
Mais Pesado é o Céu
Cinematography
Mais Pesado é o Céu
Director
The Welles Raft
Director of Photography
The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation.
The Welles Raft
Director
The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation.
A Praia do Fim do Mundo
Director of Photography
Young Alice lives with her mother Helena in Ciarema, in a house facing the sea. The residence suffers from the advance of the sea levels. The daughter, an environmentalist, plans to move elsewhere, but the mother wants to stay in town. They need to find a solution together.
A Praia do Fim do Mundo
Editor
Young Alice lives with her mother Helena in Ciarema, in a house facing the sea. The residence suffers from the advance of the sea levels. The daughter, an environmentalist, plans to move elsewhere, but the mother wants to stay in town. They need to find a solution together.
A Praia do Fim do Mundo
Cinematography
Young Alice lives with her mother Helena in Ciarema, in a house facing the sea. The residence suffers from the advance of the sea levels. The daughter, an environmentalist, plans to move elsewhere, but the mother wants to stay in town. They need to find a solution together.
A Praia do Fim do Mundo
Screenplay
Young Alice lives with her mother Helena in Ciarema, in a house facing the sea. The residence suffers from the advance of the sea levels. The daughter, an environmentalist, plans to move elsewhere, but the mother wants to stay in town. They need to find a solution together.
A Praia do Fim do Mundo
Director
Young Alice lives with her mother Helena in Ciarema, in a house facing the sea. The residence suffers from the advance of the sea levels. The daughter, an environmentalist, plans to move elsewhere, but the mother wants to stay in town. They need to find a solution together.
Foi um tempo de poesia
Editor
Foi um tempo de poesia
Screenplay
Foi um tempo de poesia
Director
Young Warriors
Editor
Cosme and Maria, with their son Benedito and nephews Matheuzinho and Bruna, jump into a somewhat untrustworthy Jeep to go on a journey from the coastline to Barbalha city, where they plan to attend a special feast that they've always longed to take part in. All along the way, the trip is full of discoveries of landscapes and histories. The three children feel the enchantment of this unforgettable family adventure, and realize that they will always be great friends.
Young Warriors
Director of Photography
Cosme and Maria, with their son Benedito and nephews Matheuzinho and Bruna, jump into a somewhat untrustworthy Jeep to go on a journey from the coastline to Barbalha city, where they plan to attend a special feast that they've always longed to take part in. All along the way, the trip is full of discoveries of landscapes and histories. The three children feel the enchantment of this unforgettable family adventure, and realize that they will always be great friends.
Os Escravos de Jó
Director of Photography
Os Escravos de Jó
Editor
Notícias do Fim do Mundo
Cinematography
Pop Ritual
Color Grading
A priest captures and arrests a vampire. He visits him for a regime of scientific experiments and strangeness. Over time the encounters become a hallucinated erotic and supernatural relationship.
My Neighbor Flora
Colorist
Alice's life changes when Laura, the daughter of her neighbor on the wall, knocks on her door to ask if she knows anything about her mother. No one has seen her for days, neither Alice nor Laura, nor the lonely residents of the building.
The Boat
Writer
In an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. The oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck.
The Boat
Director of Photography
In an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. The oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck.
The Boat
Director
In an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. The oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck.
Clarisse or Something About Us
Director of Photography
The dry quarry and a forest that still beats. A very sick father reviews the daughter. Resentments are brought to the table. The memory of the dead awakened by blood, objects, shadows and dreams affects Clarisse at this scenario of beauty and agony. Husband and business are expecting she in the city for a cathartic outcome.
Clarisse or Something About Us
Writer
The dry quarry and a forest that still beats. A very sick father reviews the daughter. Resentments are brought to the table. The memory of the dead awakened by blood, objects, shadows and dreams affects Clarisse at this scenario of beauty and agony. Husband and business are expecting she in the city for a cathartic outcome.
Clarisse or Something About Us
Director
The dry quarry and a forest that still beats. A very sick father reviews the daughter. Resentments are brought to the table. The memory of the dead awakened by blood, objects, shadows and dreams affects Clarisse at this scenario of beauty and agony. Husband and business are expecting she in the city for a cathartic outcome.
The Man Who Became Cabinet
Cinematography
The Man Who Became Cabinet tells the story of an employee who, so obsessed with the routine and mechanical tasks of his work environment, eventually becomes one of the cabinets in the office.
Mother and Daughter
Director of Photography
After a long time apart, a mother and her daughter meet again in the desert, between ruins and memories. The daughter destiny denies her mother dream. The past is circle that imprisons both the dead and the alive. The daughter wants to break it but shadows are spying out.
Mother and Daughter
Writer
After a long time apart, a mother and her daughter meet again in the desert, between ruins and memories. The daughter destiny denies her mother dream. The past is circle that imprisons both the dead and the alive. The daughter wants to break it but shadows are spying out.
Mother and Daughter
Director
After a long time apart, a mother and her daughter meet again in the desert, between ruins and memories. The daughter destiny denies her mother dream. The past is circle that imprisons both the dead and the alive. The daughter wants to break it but shadows are spying out.
O Som do Tempo
Writer
The sertão is everywhere, the sertão is within us. The concrete advances against Dona Maria, but she moves forward, calmly in the world.
O Som do Tempo
Cinematography
The sertão is everywhere, the sertão is within us. The concrete advances against Dona Maria, but she moves forward, calmly in the world.
O Som do Tempo
Director
The sertão is everywhere, the sertão is within us. The concrete advances against Dona Maria, but she moves forward, calmly in the world.
A Montanha Mágica
Screenplay
From having so much fun up there, he fell, fifteen meters, he ran out of air! How far does the truth go? How far does the imagination go? I would like to remember a little more. A film about childhood.
A Montanha Mágica
Director
From having so much fun up there, he fell, fifteen meters, he ran out of air! How far does the truth go? How far does the imagination go? I would like to remember a little more. A film about childhood.
Siri-Ará
Producer
Reisado Miudim
Director
Quando o Vento Sopra
Director
A man in crisis and an old super-8 movie with footage from his childhood. A paper picker and his son walk the streets in search of survival. The film traces a poetic trajectory between the impermanence of things and affective memory.
The Grain
Editor
The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.
The Grain
Writer
The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.
The Grain
Director
The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.
Dos Restos e Das Solidões
Director
In the interior of the Inhamuns, the driest and poorest piece of land in Ceará, the ghost town of Cococi, among ruins and neglect, is a kind of living museum from immemorial times. In the middle of the deep caatinga, wandering among the ruins and the shadows, lives Dona Laura, 70 years old, brooding over memories and pain.
A Velha e o Mar
Screenplay
Dona Alzira is an old lady who lives on an old abandoned bridge and survives from her fishing. Gradually she reveals her past and present history while waiting for the future.
A Velha e o Mar
Director
Dona Alzira is an old lady who lives on an old abandoned bridge and survives from her fishing. Gradually she reveals her past and present history while waiting for the future.
Cidadão Jacaré
Director
Uma Jangada Chamada Bruna
Director
A Ordem dos Penitentes
Screenplay
A Ordem dos Penitentes
Director