Violeta lives in a tight-knit community in Bahia, Brazil. She is far from the only one struggling with grief and loss: there is also a grandmother entirely dependent on care, a woman desperately searching for love and a young doctor who – after 20 years – is left by his great love, a much older man. Everyone thought they lived together as father and son until the old man dies. The loss is complete and the truth comes out. Then Violeta meets the older Margarida who is grieving alone and in silence in a nearby village. Lovingly Violeta helps her out of her isolation with practical rituals: scrubbing, tidying and making coffee with cinnamon.

Coffee with Cinnamon is the prize-winning debut of Rosa and Nicácio. In a film that exudes enthusiasm and daring, the makers intimately depict sensitive subjects such as grief, homophobia, desire, ancestor worship and transformation.

Directors
Ary Rosa, Glenda Nicácio
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Brazil
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
102'
Medium
DCP
International title
Coffee with Cinnamon
Language
Portuguese
Producers
Ary Rosa / Rosza Filmes, Glenda Nicácio
Production Company
Rosza Filmes
Sales
Elo Company
Screenplay
Ary Rosa / Rosza Filmes
Cinematography
Letícia Ribeiro, Glenda Nicácio
Editor
Poliana Costa, Thacle de Souza
Production Design
Marcia Souza, Ohana Almeida
Sound Design
Ary Rosa / Rosza Filmes, Marina Mapurunga
Music
Guilherme Maia, Mateus Aleluia
Cast
Valdinéia Soriano, Aline Brunne, Babu Santana, Aldri Anunciação, Arlete Dias, Guilherme Silva , Dona Dalva Damiana de Freitas
Directors
Ary Rosa, Glenda Nicácio
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Brazil
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
102'
Medium
DCP
International title
Coffee with Cinnamon
Language
Portuguese
Producers
Ary Rosa / Rosza Filmes, Glenda Nicácio
Production Company
Rosza Filmes
Sales
Elo Company
Screenplay
Ary Rosa / Rosza Filmes
Cinematography
Letícia Ribeiro, Glenda Nicácio
Editor
Poliana Costa, Thacle de Souza
Production Design
Marcia Souza, Ohana Almeida
Sound Design
Ary Rosa / Rosza Filmes, Marina Mapurunga
Music
Guilherme Maia, Mateus Aleluia
Cast
Valdinéia Soriano, Aline Brunne, Babu Santana, Aldri Anunciação, Arlete Dias, Guilherme Silva , Dona Dalva Damiana de Freitas