Betânia (2025)
After losing her husband, 65-year-old midwife Betânia is persuaded by her daughters to leave her remote village. She moves near the sand dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses in northern Brazil and ventures a new beginning.
- Date of release
- 2025-04-24
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Marcelo Botta
Casting
- Diana Mattos — Betânia
- Michelle Cabral — Irineusa
- Rosa Ewerton Jara — Jucélia
- Tião Carvalho — Ribamar
- Caçula Rodrigues — Tonhão
- Ulysses Azevedo — Antonio Filho
- Nádia de Cassia — Vitória
- Edivaldo Marquita — Marquita
- Misael Pereira — Seu Misa
- José de Ribamar — Seu Zuca
- Vitão Santiago — Xambim
- Caiçara Vibration — Ismael
Interesting facts
Betânia is a 2024 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Marcelo Botta in his feature directorial debut. The film, starring Diana Mattos, revolves around Betânia 65, a stalwart family matriarch, who is on a turbulent ride on the ever-shifting sands of time.
Production
Set in the sand dunes of Lençois in Northern Brazil, the film is bank rolled by Salvatore Filmes.
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