Malu | movie | 2024 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

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00:02 Hi, I'm Pedro Freire, writer and director

00:07 of Malu, that will be premiering at the Sundance Film

00:10 Festival in 2024.

00:12 So I come from a family of actors,

00:15 and I first decided to become a filmmaker when I watched

00:18 Faces by John Cassavetes when I was 16 years old.

00:22 At that point, I decided that I really wanted

00:24 to direct and write for actors.

00:27 So then I went to study at the legendary Cuban Film School,

00:31 where among many things, we learn how

00:33 to shoot in a very low budget.

00:36 And that came in handy later when

00:38 I went on to write and direct eight short films and some TV

00:42 series.

00:42 Malu is a family drama about a 50-year-old unemployed actress

00:46 who is forced to live with her conservative mother

00:50 while trying to save her disastrous relationship

00:53 with her own daughter.

00:54 It's a film about a woman who is struggling

00:57 to achieve her dreams despite all the obstacles.

01:01 It is a very personal film to me.

01:03 I spent many years writing and rewriting the script,

01:06 but the support I got from the producers, who

01:08 believed in the film from the very start, made me persevere.

01:12 Later, the amazing and talented work

01:15 by the cast and crew, notably Yara de Novais,

01:17 who plays Malu, moved me very much.

01:20 American independent cinema is the main reference to me

01:23 as a filmmaker because of the attention it gives

01:26 to the script and the actors.

01:28 So when I learned that my first feature film was

01:31 in competition at a Sundance Film Festival,

01:34 I literally cried.

01:35 It brought me to tears.

01:37 So it's a dream that comes true.

01:40 I can't wait to share the film with you,

01:42 and I hope you enjoy it.

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