Jonathas' Forest () 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.