WALACHAI
Director REJANE ZILLES
Countries Brazil
Duration 85 min
Synopsis
Walachai in Old German means a far away place, lost in time. The film is about rural communities in Southern Brazil which still live disconnected from the globalized world. Their inhabitants use an ancient German dialect and many never even learned Portuguese. However, they are all Brazilian and identify themselves as such. The documentary Walachai is about the quaintness and uniqueness of a place where time stands still. It brings to contemporary Brazilian urban audiences a different lifestyle, unveiling an as yet unknown corner of Brazil.
Walachai in Old German means a far away place, lost in time. The film is about rural communities in Southern Brazil which still live disconnected from the globalized world. Their inhabitants use an ancient German dialect and many never even learned Portuguese. However, they are all Brazilian and identify themselves as such. The documentary Walachai is about the quaintness and uniqueness of a place where time stands still. It brings to contemporary Brazilian urban audiences a different lifestyle, unveiling an as yet unknown corner of Brazil.