Araby

(Arábia, João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa, Brazil 2017, 97 min., DCP, Portuguese w/subtitles)

Labor Film Series | Rochester Premiere. Andre, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory. One day, a factory worker, Cristiano, suffers an accident. Asked to go to Cristiano’s house to pick up clothes and documents, Andre stumbles on his notebook, and it is here that Araby begins—or, rather, transforms. As Andre reads from the journal entries, we are plunged into Cristiano’s life, into stories of his wanderings and work, his adventures and loves. Beautifully written and filmed, Araby is a fable-like road movie about a young worker who sets off on a ten-year journey in search of a better life.