When filmmaker Cristiano Burlan decided to rebuild the events surrounding his brother’s death, he launched himself in a personal journey that took him into a circle of violence in the neighborhoods in the suburbs of São Paulo, such as Capão Redondo. He and his family lived there in 2001, when his brother Rafael Burlan da Silva was killed, at the age of 22, by 7 gunshots. Examining the reasons of his brother’s involvement with drugs and car thefts, the director lays bare pieces of his own family history.
Cristiano Burlan
He is a theater director and filmmaker. He has been active in production for over 10 years and has had the majority of his work featured in festivals such as Havana, É Tudo Verdade and the São Paulo International Film Festival. He has directed films such as Sinfonia de um homem só (2012) and O boto e o homem (2012).
