Elisa Tolomelli

Películas

Maria do Caritó
Producer
Maria, a virgin spinster, is trying magical superstitions to find a husband. In her dialogue with the marriage saint, she implores for a companion. Her father offered her as a bride to Saint Djalminha, if the saint saved her during her complicated birth which ended in the death of her mother. Since then Maria has lived this dilemma: revered and loved by the residents and pilgrims that believe she is a miracle worker; she is desperate to live a great love, with a flesh and blood prospect with real passionate desire. She asks for a sign from the heavens, a clue on how to find a crumb of love when a gypsy arrives on scene saying "someone who loves her very much, but she doesn't know will come from afar on an artists' caravan." Maria can't take the solitude she is living anymore and decides "to find Mr. Right," no matter how much it may cost.
Berenice Seeks
Producer
Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos, a police reporter. The scars of the worn-out relationship, ruined by her husband's violent outbursts, have erased her femininity and led her into a great existential emptiness. The murder of Isabelle, a beautiful transgender woman, on Copacabana Beach, ignites her investigative side and transforms her life.
The Moving Forest
Producer
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets a mysterious woman who claims to be able to predict his future and says he will become vice president that day and the next day, he will become president of the Bank. The wheel of fortune is bound activated and a series of murders is committed by Elias and his wife Clara, leaving a trail of blood on his way to power and making them executioners and victims of their own destinies.
Meus Dois Amores
Executive Producer
Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being clever, Manuel sells a sick horse to the assassin. Targino swears that he is going to kill Manuel, and dishonor Das Dô’s reputation after he’s dead. Under pressure, Manuel calls on the magic of Toniquinho das Pedras to protect his body. However, the witchdoctor demands the mule Beija-fulô as payment. Manuel, sees himself in the dilemma between having to choose between his fiancée Das Dô, and the mule, Beija-fulô.
O Senhor do Labirinto
Executive Producer
O Senhor do Labirinto
Producer
So Hard to Forget
Producer
Julia es una profesora de literatura inglesa lesbiana de 35 años luchando contra la depresión de perder a su pareja, Antonia. Sintiéndose totalmente abandonada después de la enigmática separación, Julia es arrojada a un desesperado y doloroso proceso. Su vida y sus valores se tiñen de una melancolía insoportable y la medida de su vida se reduce a fragmentos fuera de foco. Su confusión interna y los conflictos impiden un proceso ahora necesario: de readaptarse a su nueva vida. Es imposible para ella ocultar su dolor cuando intenta narrar las emociones. (FILMAFFINITY)
Acquária
Executive Producer
The planet Earth is devastated by the lack of water. Desert and arid, left this place few living beings , who had to adapt to the new bioma.2 Isolated in small communities , living separated...
Ciudad de Dios
Executive Producer
Basada en hechos reales, cuenta la historia del crecimiento del crimen organizado en los suburbios de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, desde finales de los años sesenta hasta el comienzo de los ochenta, cuando el tráfico de drogas y la violencia impusieron su ley entre la miseria de las favelas.“Buscapé” tiene 11 años y es sólo un niño más en Cidade de Deus, un suburbio de Río de Janeiro. Tímido y delicado, observa a los niños duros de su barrio, sus robos, sus peleas, sus enfrentamientos diarios con la policía. Ya sabe lo que quiere ser si consigue sobrevivir: fotógrafo. “Dadinho”, un niño de su misma edad, se traslada al barrio. Sueña con ser el criminal más peligroso de Río de Janeiro y empieza su aprendizaje haciendo recados para los delincuentes locales. Dos vidas paralelas en Cidade de Deus.
Dead in the Water
Co-Producer
La fiesta de tus sueños puede convertirse en una pesadilla. Un adinerado hombre de Los Ángeles organiza un exclusivo evento a bordo de un lujoso yate. Las relaciones y las amistades se desintegran cuando cada uno debe luchar por sobrevivir.
A la izquierda del padre
Line Producer
En una atmósfera brasileña, pero dominada por un soplo de la tradición clásica mediterránea, es la versión al revés del hijo pródigo. Drama trágico de la eterna lucha entre la tradición y la libertad, bajo el escudo del tiempo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Palace II
Producer
Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.
Woman on Top
Line Producer
Isabella es una gran cocinera brasileña que ha permitido que el restaurante de su marido en Bahia sea un éxito. Para controlar su enfermedad, debe colocarse encima de su marido, Toninho, cuando practican el sexo, lo que conduce a su machista esposo a cometer toda clase de infidelidades. Despechada lo abandona y se dirige a San Francisco junto a su amiga Mónica. Para curar su corazón partido se ofrece a la diosa del mar, Yemanja. Ésta le responderá... (FILMAFFINITY)
Estación central de Brasil
Executive Producer
En los asfixiantes pasillos de la Estación Central, en Río de Janeiro, una antigua maestra se gana la vida escribiendo las cartas que le dictan los analfabetos. Endurecida por la soledad y por la adversidad, Dora ha ido cayendo en una estoica indiferencia. Sin embargo, cuando una de sus clientes muere atropellada a la salida de la estación, decide hacerse cargo de su hijo y llevarlo a casa de su padre en una remota zona del nordeste de Brasil.
Manobra Radical
Director
On the eve of an important surfing championship, a group of young friends travels along the Brazilian coast with the intention of training hard and having a chance to become professional in the sport. However, along the way, Guel, a surfer bum, falls in love with a rich girl.
The Girl Next Door
Writer
Middle-aged married journalist goes to the beach resort of Búzios, in Brazil, to write a book. Gradually, he falls in love with his neighbor's daughter, a beautiful teenager much younger than he, ignoring the social implications.
O Trem da Utopia
Executive Producer