TWO IRENES/ AS DUAS IRENES

Brazil, 2017, 89 minutes, Colour.

Priscilla Bittencourt, Isabela Torres, Marco Ricca, Susana Ribeiro, ines Peisoto.

Directed by Fabio Meira.

This is a brief Brazilian film, set in the drylands of the country, focusing on two families.

The film opens with the first family, the patriarch at the head of the table, his wife, his daughters, including the 13-year-old Irene who is part of the family but also seems rather detached.

While the film establishes the atmosphere of this family, the love of the father, his dominant presence, the response of his wife, the different responses of the daughters, he is also absent from the family.

Irene then discovers that he has another family in the town, and a daughter, also called Irene, the same age. She ingratiate herself with the Irene in the town, their becoming friends, her finding a new lease of life, coming out of herself, a lot of shared experiences, the touch of the reckless, experimental. The two girls bond.

The audience observes the other family through the eyes of Irene.

Ultimately, there will have to be a confrontation with her father, the revelation of the truth, the effect on each of the families, on each of the mothers, on each of the Irenes.