Andreia wants to move out. Leid is waiting for her husband, who is in prison. They are neighbours in a poor suburban slum of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, trying to escape the daily dangers of a drug traffic war happening on the outside and avoid the tragedy that comes with the rain. First time director Juliana Antunes guides her non-professional cast to an intimate portrait of life in the favelas.

Dir. Juliana Antunes - 73 mins - 2017 - Brazil - Spoken language: Portuguese - Subtitles: English

"a remarkable feature debut with a distinctive political voice and a clever use of documentary technique" ioncinema

"The scenario building has the benefit of allowing Antunes to focus sharply in on the difficulties faced by women in the violent favelas in ways that pure documentary would not." - Eye for Film

"a work of rare intimacy and authenticity which—despite its simple structure—emerges as a complex, multilayered and moving portrait of contemporary life in the favelas. Baronesa announces an exciting new voice in Brazilian cinema." - Open City Documentary Festival

"offers an evocative, rigorously composed glimpse at life in the favelas of Belo Horizonte" - Cinema Tropical