Entertainmentby Rafa Sales Ross
Ella Rumpf to Star in Andrea Štaka's 'Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido'
Key Takeaways
- Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade, and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti will star in the film.
- Andrea Štaka, a Golden Leopard-winning director, is at the helm.
- The project is a Brazil-Switzerland co-production led by MyMama Entertainment.
- Set in 1855, the plot explores a Swiss immigrant and an enslaved woman in São Paulo.
Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade, and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti are set to star in Andrea Štaka’s new film 'Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido'. Produced by Brazil's MyMama Entertainment alongside Switzerland's Cinédokké Sagl and MMM Carioca, the movie is slated to begin filming next year in Switzerland and São Paulo.
Set in 1855, the historical drama is based on real events from the Ibicaba farm in rural São Paulo. It follows a Swiss working-class single mother seeking a better life in Brazil, who instead encounters a harsh system of debt and slavery. Her journey intertwines with Inocência, an enslaved Black woman utilizing her knowledge and resistance strategies.
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