Three Summers
Brazilian comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who can never take anything for granted.
Regina Casé plays Madá, the fifty-something caretaker for a cluster of luxury beachside condos owned by a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family. Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers – 2015 to 2017 – the film follows Madá as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to every need of her condescending employers, becomes a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal, and eventually launches a whole new career. With every dizzying new turn of events, Madá manages to retain her high spirits, her sense of loyalty to those who deserve it – and her eagle eye for opportunity.
Written by Kogut and Iana Cossoy Paro, THREE SUMMERS is a sort of modern picaresque, its tripartite structure allowing us to track its heroine’s roll-with-the-punches pluck while bearing witness to an epoch-defining scandal based on the real-life criminal investigation Operation Car Wash. (source: www.tiff.net)