Ever since their first contact with the Western world in 1969 the Paiter Suruí, an indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, have been exposed to sweeping social changes. Smartphones, gas, electricity, medicines, weapons and social media have now replaced their traditional way of life. Illness is a risk for a community increasingly unable to isolate itself from the modernization brought by white people or the power of the church. Ethnocide threatens to destroy their soul. With dogged persistence, Perpera, a former shaman, is searching for a way to restore the old vitality to his village.
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Luiz Bolognesi Director · Ricardo Farias Editor
First release February 17, 2018 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Ex Pajé
Production
Brazil
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Languages
Original title
Ex Pajé
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Germany · February 17, 2018
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Poland
May 13, 2018 · Digital
Romania
February 17, 2018 · Theatrical
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