As Boas Maneiras (Good Manners). 2017. Directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas

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Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras). 2017. Brazil/France. Directed by Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas. Courtesy of Distrib Films

As Boas Maneiras (Good Manners). 2017. Brazil/France. Directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 135 min.

New York Premiere

An immaculately stylized twist on the monster movie, Dutra and Rojas’s second collaboration (following the acclaimed Hard Labor) inventively engages matters of race, class, and desire. Set in São Paulo, the narrative initially concerns the curious relationship between rich, white, pregnant socialite Ana (Marjorie Estiano) and her new housemaid Clara (Isabél Zuaa). As the two women grow closer, their rapport turns first sexual then shockingly macabre. Good Manners evolves into a werewolf movie unlike any other, a delirious and compulsively watchable cross between Disney and Jacques Tourneur.

This film accompanies New Directors/New Films 2018.

Fri, Apr 6, 2018, 8:45 p.m.

Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 8:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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