The Day I Met You
New Directors/New Films 2024
April 3 - 14, 2024
This micro portrait of two individuals finding comfort in each other’s company follows Zeca (Renato Novaes), whose job, body, and mind have all gone out of whack, and Louisa (Grace Passô), his colleague at a local school, as the pair spend a few impromptu hours together outside of work.
This micro portrait of two individuals finding comfort in each other’s company offers a refreshing reprieve from the daily grind. Set in the vicinity of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the mountainous Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the film follows Zeca (Renato Novaes), whose job, body, and mind have all gone out of whack. The weight of setbacks is lifted when he spends a few impromptu hours with Louisa (Grace Passô), his colleague at a local school, and the two even find joy in poking fun at their shared misery. Combining a chic sense of pace and magical long takes, returning ND/NF director André Novais Oliveira (Long Way Home, ND/NF 2019) makes the most unassuming encounter infinitely cool and full of hope.
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