SYNOPSIS
A topographer maps areas at risk of landslides in the city of Ubatuba, in a hillside region in the Atlantic rainforest. Obsessed with measuring and regularizing, he encounters a territory of chaotic human occupation and full of conflicts. The city’s history crosses his path, and through his theodolite, he sees images from the past.
DIRECTOR
Francisco Miguez is a director and researcher from São Paulo. He directed the shorts Uma Invenção sem Futuro (An Invention Without Future, 2021, FIDBA, CineOP) and Ronda (Patrol, 2019, FICU, FestCurtas BH). He also directed the dance films Dobras (Folds, 2018, Kinoforum Frame Rush) and Todos os Pontos da Curva (Every Point in a Curve, 2019, IDFF, InShadows). He published in Revista Cinética between 2018 and 2022 and was resident at RAW: Arché-Work, on DocLisboa and Márgenes in 2021. Currently, he is working on a new short, Pô-Quâ, Porcos & Anchieta, set in the city of Ubatuba, on the coast side of São Paulo. Across the Tropic (Na Passagem do Trópico, 2025) is his first feature production.
