Gabriel and the Mountain

  • 127'
  • Brazil
  • 2017
Brazilian filmmaker Fellipe Barbosa filmed the last year of his school friend Gabriel Buchmann, who embarked on a journey around the world in 2009 before starting university. Apart from its fatal ending, Barbosa did not know much about the journey. The backpacker met his death during a hasty climb in the Mulanje Massif, in Malawi. His lifeless body was found days later by local people.
Barbosa portrays this journey – and what it meant for Gabriel – by following in his footsteps with the camera, resulting in this road movie, biopic and reconstruction of his last months alive. Gabriel is played by João Pedro Zappa, who visits the same locations and occasionally even befriends the same people. In the voice-over, they remember Gabriel, while in front of the camera they get used to meeting another traveller. In this way, this film not only reflects on the loss of a friend, but on the cursoriness of backpack tourism.
 
  • 127'
  • Brazil
  • 2017
Director
Fellipe Barbosa
Country of production
Brazil
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
127'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Gabriel e a montanha
Languages
Portuguese, English, Swahili
Producers
Yohann Cornu, Rodrigo Letier, Roberto Berliner, Clara Linhart
Production Companies
Damned Films, TV Zero, Gamarosa Filmes
Sales
Films Boutique
Screenplay
Fellipe Barbosa, Lucas Paraizo, Kirill Mikhanovsky
Cinematography
Pedro Sotero
Editor
Théo Lichtenberger
Production Design
Ana Paula Cardoso
Sound Design
Pedro Sá Earp, Waldir Xavier
Local Distributor
September Film
Director
Fellipe Barbosa
Country of production
Brazil
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
127'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Gabriel e a montanha
Languages
Portuguese, English, Swahili
Producers
Yohann Cornu, Rodrigo Letier, Roberto Berliner, Clara Linhart
Production Companies
Damned Films, TV Zero, Gamarosa Filmes
Sales
Films Boutique
Screenplay
Fellipe Barbosa, Lucas Paraizo, Kirill Mikhanovsky
Cinematography
Pedro Sotero
Editor
Théo Lichtenberger
Production Design
Ana Paula Cardoso
Sound Design
Pedro Sá Earp, Waldir Xavier
Local Distributor
September Film

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