CREDITS

Award-winning documentary director, journalist and photographer, Rafael Duarte holds a Masters in “Cinema and Audio Visual” by the Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He directed the documentaries “RIO by unique sights” (2021), “Beyond Dreams” (2019), “The Sea Mountain” (2018), “SOS UERJ” (2018), “Sons of Sound” (2018), “Transcarioca Trail” (2017) and “Whiteout” (2015). He directed and produced a series of short docs for Piauí Magazine under the supervision of prestigious directors João Moreira Salles and Renato Terra and also the first O Globo’s webseries. He is the founder of the expedition team “Miramundos” and collaborator of international media outlets such as National Geographic Magazine, Mongabay, O Globo, VICE Extremos and Go Outside Magazine. As a photographer, he is the author of four books and had his work exhibited in galleries in Brazil, France, Spain and England – where he was selected by the Sony World Photo Awards to take part in World Photo London 2012 at Somerset House. In 2009 he was elected one of the best photographers of the Way of Saint James in Spain.

Direction and Script
Rafael Duarte

With
Chico Santos
Erika Sedlacek de Almeida
Giuseppe Pellegrini
Larissa Cunha
Ruy Marra

Production
Bambalaio Filmes

Direction of Photography
Marcos Salamonde
Henrique Alqualo
Ricardo Joppert

Editing
João Pedro Diaz, edt.

Executive Production
Rafael Duarte

Additional Cameras
Breno Modesto
Pedro Serra
Guilherme Leporace
Pedro Landeiro

Drone footage
Rafael Duarte
Guilherme Leporace
Lucas Magno

Black&White Photography (Still)
Rafael Duarte

Direct Sound
Alexandre Griva
Thiago Frazão
Raphael Lima
Bruno Frene
Breno Modesto

Original Soundtrack
Fernando Aranha – MBr
Guga Bruno
portatracks

Sound Mix
Melhor do Mundo Studios

Color grading
Raul Tamayo

Making of
Mariana Vianna
Breno Modesto

Assistents
Breno Modesto
Raphael Lima
Flávio Carneiro
Pedro Serra

Extra footage
Memória Bondinho
Vídeo animado: direção Daniella Kallmann
Animação e composição digital: Daniela Ferrari

Characters in order of appearance
Rafael Duarte
Gideão Melo
Erika Sedlacek de Almeida
Caio Henrique
Federico Eder Zürcher
Tanja Bergler
Erivaldo José Barbosa (Seu Eri)
Giuseppe Pellegrini (Pellé)
Chico Santos
Bento de Botton dos Santos
Bianca Cerva de Botton
Ruy Marra
Larissa Cunha
Thais Gomes
Diego Scofano