Memories of the Desert

Memories of the Desert (Portuguese: Romance Policial) is a 2014 Brazilian-Chilean crime drama film directed and written by Jorge Durán. It stars Daniel de Oliveira as a young Brazilian writer named Antonio, who decides to go to the Atacama Desert in search of inspiration for a tale. Daniela Ramírez and Álvaro Rudolphy co-star in supporting roles. The film was first screened on 9 March 2014 at the Miami International Film Festival,[1] and was released theatrically in Brazil on 4 June 2015.

Romance Policial
International release poster
Directed byJorge Durán
Produced byGisela Camara
Gabriel Flores Durán
Pedro Rossi
Written byJorge Durán
StarringDaniel de Oliveira
Daniela Ramírez
Álvaro Rudolphy
Music byFabiano Krieger
Lucas Marcier
CinematographyLuís Abramo
Edited byPedro Durán
Gabriel Flores Durán
Production
company
El Desierto Filmes
Ceneca Produciones
Distributed byPandora Filmes
Release date
Running time
98 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
Spanish

Plot

Antonio is a 30-year-old civil servant living in Rio de Janeiro, with a penchant for writing, who travels to the Atacama Desert in search of inspiration to write a novel. The arid and astonishing landscape leaves him in awe. One day, Antonio, hiking through the desert, hears suspicious noises and finds a dead man (whom he had met earlier in a bar). He is detained by Martínez, a local police officer, who forbids him to leave Chile or the village of San Pedro de Atacama, where he stays. Antonio also meets Florencia, a local bar-owner, with whom he develops a romantic relationship. The crime situation and his ongoing romance with Florencia help him write his tale and get mixed in it.

Cast
  • Daniel de Oliveira as Antonio
  • Daniela Ramírez as Florencia
  • Álvaro Rudolphy as Martínez
  • Roxana Campos as Miriam
  • Rogério Fróes as The Old Writer
  • Nelson Polania as El Hombre (as Nelson Polanco)
  • Victor Montero as Romo
  • María Izquierdo as Florencia's Mother

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "49 films will premiere at miami international film festival, a program of miami dade college's MDCulture". Miami International Film Festival. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. "Festival de Cine de Bogotá presenta su competencia oficial". El Espectador. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. "Miami International Film Festival, A Program of Miami Dade College's MDCulture, Announces its 31st Edition Film Lineup". Miami International Film Festival. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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