Acting
Aura do Nascimento
Acting
Biography
Aoruaura is the nickname assumed by the young artist born in Recife, who explores the procedural conditions of being alive through artistic languages. Always questioning the human condition and exploring the mutability of the body, she develops works in performance and photography. She locates herself in the Anthropocene in decline and creates, in conditions of chaos, a new possible body-image of life.
Feature Films (8)
Cecília, a successful young model, returns to Recife, her hometown, to spend Christmas with her mother. One night, a neighbour she hadn’t seen for a long time, João, shows her a bottle with a mysterious and intoxicating green substance. Cecília begins to fall in love with João, but also discovers he is involved in a secret cult around the figure of Salomé, the luxurious biblical princess.
Salomé
An art collective experiments with ways to breach time and space and enter the infinity within the possible. But the instant is fleeting, and these moments quickly vanish. They must return to the political reality to which they are chained – bills to pay, a home to keep, jobs to hold, a possible play to produce.
The Shapeshifters
Set against the backdrop of mysterious abductions across Brazil, mother and son, Marta and Levi, struggle with affection and grief when one of their loved ones, Diná, a young trans woman, becomes one of the victims.
Bazooka
Marcelo’s mother disappeared when he was 10 years old, leaving him with an endless void. The boy grows into a young man who wanders through cemeteries and takes refuge in invented memories to cope with reality. One day, two mysterious beings cross his path, and Marcelo sets off with them on a journey across the boundaries between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
Look at Me
Television & Series (1)
The original Canal Brasil series is based on chronicles by writer Xico Sá. The focus is on modern relationships, taking as a starting point the love misadventures of journalist Quincas.