Sinopse:
Praça Paris is a thriller that shows the conflict between a Portuguese psychoanalyst, Camila (Joana de Verona), who came to Brazil to develop research on violence, and her patient, Glória (Grace Passô), in a Therapy Center of a Brazilian university (UERJ). Glória is a lift attendant at the university and has a very difficult history of violence: raped by her father, she has only the brother, Jonas (Alex Brasil), a drug dealer on the hill, the protection she seeks. The film shows a transfer relationship in reverse, where the fear of the other ends up dominating the plot.
Prizes and nominations:
- Festival do Rio 2017 (Première Mundial) - Melhor Direção e Melhor Atriz (Grace Passô)
- Chicago International Festival 2017 (Première Internacional)
- Mostra Internacional de SP 2017
- Tallin Black Nights Film Festival (Première Europeia)
- Festival de Havana 2017 - Mención de SIGNIS e Premio Don Quijote
- Festival de Cinema de Língua Portuguesa 2018 - Melhor Atriz
- Festival Cinematográfico Internacional do Uruguai 2018 - Melhor Filme Ibero-Americano e Melhor Filme da Crítica (Fipresci)
- Festival Brasileiro de Paris 2018
- Festival de Granada Cines del Sur 2018 – Melhor Filme do Público
- Festival Brasileiro de Milão 2018