Official Trailer for the Brazilian Indie Film "Mars One" - Posted by Array

“A Brazilian family drama with starry eyes and a tender heart.” Array Releasing has unveiled the new US trailer for Mars One, an independent Brazilian family drama which first premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Marte Um, as it is originally called in Portuguese, is also Brazil's official Best International Film nomination for the upcoming Oscars. A lower-middle-class black family in Brazil undergoes a series of difficult and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter that leaves her wondering if she is cursed. Her husband, Wellington, places all his hopes in the football career of their son, who reluctantly follows his father's ambitions as he secretly yearns to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. With Cicero Lucas, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Rejane Faria, Russo Apr and Robson Vieira. It's a solid movie, even if it's not really about Mars and has nothing to do with science fiction, it's more of a drama about the great struggle for self-expression.

Here is the official US trailer (+ poster) for Mars One by Gabriel Martins, straight from Array's YouTube:

The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly living their lives on the fringes of a major Brazilian city after the inauguration of a far-right president. A lower-middle-class black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter that leaves her wondering if she is cursed. Her husband, Wellington, places all his hopes in the football career of their son, Deivinho, who still reluctantly pursues his ambitions despite his secret aspiration to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. Meanwhile, their eldest daughter, Eunice, falls in love with a free-spirited young woman and wonders if it's time to move on. Mars One, also known as Marte Um em>'s name in Portuguese, is both written and directed by Brazilian editor/producer/filmmaker Gabriel Martins, director of the films The Devil's Knot and em>In the Heart of the World before, as well as many other short films. This originally premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Array will debut with Mars One in select US theaters + on Netflix streaming starting January 5, 2023 just after New Years.

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