Amarela

Credits 

Director André Hayato Saito

Writer 

Producer Mayra Faour Auad & Gabrielle Auad

Project Type Short

Runtime 15 minutes

Country of Origin Brazil

Synopsis

On the day of the World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika Oguihara, a Japanese-Brazilian teenager who rejects her family traditions, experiences a violence that seems invisible and plunges into a painful sea of emotions.

Director Biography

André Hayato Saito

André Hayato Saito is a Japanese-Brazilian screenwriter and director who has been directing films for 21 years. ​ Since 2019, Saito has been working on a short film trilogy that embraces his Japanese-Brazilian roots and portrays themes like identity, cycles of life and death and ancestrality.