Through a personal investigation conducted by her niece Mariana, this film rescues from obscurity the life of guerilla fighter Iara Iavelberg. A cultured, beautiful woman who left behind a comfortable family life, opting instead to engage in the armed combat against the dictatorship. Living a routine of kidnappings and armed action, she was involved with former captain Carlos Lamarca. That made her one of the most prized targets to the repression forces. The film demolishes the regime’s official version that attributes her 1971 death to suicide.
Flavio Frederico
He studied architecture and filmmaking at São Paulo University. He made several award-winning shorts featured in festivals such as Sundance and Rotterdam. His first feature film, Urbania (2001), was shown at Montreal, Rotterdam and Mannheim. He also directed five documentaries, among them the winner of É Tudo Verdade 2006, Caparaó. In 2010 he released Boca at the Festival do Rio, winning awards for cinematography and editing.
