Jonathas' Forest
# Jonathas' Forest

Jonathas' Forest (Portuguese: A Floresta de Jonathas) is a 2012 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Sergio Andrade.

The film premiered at the Festival do Rio, where participated in the competitive exhibition of Première Brazil.

## Plot

Jonathas lives with his parents and his brother, Juliano, at a small farm in the rural areas of Amazonas. The brothers meet Milly, a visitor from Ukraine, and the indigenous Kedassere. The group decides to spend the weekend in a camping. Even against paternal wishes, seduced by Milly and through the woods, Jonathas takes on the most transformative of his journeys.

## Cast

* Begê Muniz as Jonathas
* Francisco Mendes as Father
* Viktoryia Vinyarska as Milly
* Ítalo Castro as Juliano
* Socorro Papoula as Mother
* Alex Lima as Kedassere
* João Tavares as Jonathas 2
* David Almeida as Mateiro
* Maria Maciel as Maria das Patas

## Production

### Development

The director Sergio Andrade said that the great challenge of the film was to show the Amazon by a perspective beyond the stereotypes. "People who aren't from here look here thinking that is a place very exotic, very mystical, and I wanted to unravel what really is our forest," he said.

## Festivals

* Festival do Rio
* São Paulo International Film Festival
* Amazonas Film Festival
* International Film Festival Rotterdam
* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
* Prague Febiofest
* Curitiba International Film Festival
* Taipei Film Festival
* Maine International Film Festival
