Desaparecidos is a 2011 Brazilian horror film directed by David Schürmann. The film tells the story of a group of six friends, who after going to a party on an island, mysteriously disappeared, with frightening images of them registered by the cameras. Found by the authorities, these images are the only way to find out what happened to them.[2]

Desaparecidos
Directed byDavid Schürmann
Written byDavid Schürmann
Rafael Blecher
StarringCharlene Chagas
Natalia Vidal
Pedro Urizzi
André Madrini
Fernanda Peviani
CinematographyTodd Southgate
Pedro Cavalheiro
Edited byPaulo Pandolpho
Music byAlex Sqaut
Production
company
Schurmann Film Company
Distributed bySchurmann Film Company (Brazil)
Eventity Entertainment (Sweden)
Release date
  • December 9, 2011 (2011-12-09)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$ 55,000[1]

With an independent production, the film was shot for fifteen days in Ilhabela, São Paulo. Filmed as a pseudo-documentary, similar to the American film The Blair Witch Project (1999). It is the first found footage horror feature film of Brazil.[3]

Cast edit

  • Adriana Veraldi as Carla
  • André Madrini as Rodrigo
  • Charlene Chagas as Alexa
  • Fernanda Peviani as Fábia
  • Natália Vidall as Kamila
  • Pedro Urizzi as Marco
  • Francisco Carvalho as Fisherman
  • André Madrini as Slave

References edit

  1. ^ Guerra, Roberto (5 December 2011). "Desparecidos (2011)". Cineclick (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. ^ Okada, Ana (November 18, 2011). "Diretor de documentários da família Schurmann embarca em ficção ao estilo 'Bruxa de Blair'" [Director of Schurmann family documentaries embarks on fiction in the 'Blair Witch Project' style]. UOL Entretenimento Cinema (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ Cruz, Rafael (9 December 2011). "Desaparecidos, o primeiro filme de terror transmídia do Brasil estreia hoje" [Missing, the first found footage horror film from Brazil premieres today]. Tecnologia e Cinema (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 April 2012.

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