
22 Apr 2009

The Bather
A woman behind a translucent, dripping shower curtain; a flipbook of memories of a romance from decades ago. Bach's music to round things out.

My heroes were never turned into statues. They died fighting against the ones who were.
“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water.

Abeguar / Balaio / Cau / JC (voice)

Janaína (voice)

Piatã / Junior (voice)

Feijão (voice)

Pajé (voice)
Capitão / Presidente Aquabrás (voice)

Miliciano 1 / Torturador (voice)

Miliciano 2 / Policial (voice)
Villegagnon (voice)
Francês (voice)

Padre Português (voice)
Português (voice)
Filha mais velha (voice)
Filha mais nova (voice)

Dom Cosme / Feijão adicional (voice)
Raimundo Gomes / Torturador-chefe (voice)

Regente (voice)
Estudante jornal (voice)
Farmacêutico (voice)

Mãe Janaína (voice)

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