Trailer And Poster For Acclaimed Brazilian Road Movie ‘Araby’

“I’m like anybody else. It’s just my life that was a little bit different.” International film festival favorite, “Araby,” is finally coming to the United States. It’s the first directorial effort for Brazilian filmmakers and creative pair João Dumans & Affonso Uchoa. The film is set to premiere at New York City’s Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 22. And there’s an expected national roll-out to follow.

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“Araby” played at BFI London, New Directors New Films, and San Sabastian film festivals in 2017. The Brazilian film received multiple nominations during its festival run and the James Joyce-inspired rural tale has been heralded by critics who have had the opportunity to see it. It’s a meditative tale told through a man’s notebook, chronicling intimate moments and personal experiences throughout a period of his life.

It appears as a small vignette meditating on the universality of life’s lessons, no matter where we come from. “If you think about it, everything a man accumulates in life fits into four little cardboard boxes, that aren’t worth a hundred bucks at a pawn shop.” From what we can garner from the trailer, this quiet film will build to an emotional apex. Until “Araby” rolls out its dates for nation-wide release, we have the trailer to tide us through.

Here’s the official synopsis and trailer:

Andre, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory. One day, a factory worker, Cristiano, suffers an accident. Asked to go to Cristiano’s house to pick up clothes and documents, Andre stumbles on a notebook, and it’s here that Araby begins — or, rather, transforms. As Andre reads from the journal entries, we are plunged into Cristiano’s life, into stories of his wanderings, adventures, and loves. Beautifully written and filmed, “Araby” is a fable-like road movie about a young man who sets off on a ten-year journey in search of a better life.