Neon Heart

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Neon Heart
Neon Heart Official Poster
Theatrical release poster
PortugueseCoração de Neon
Directed byLucas Estevan Soares
Written byLucas Estevan Soares
Produced byRhaissa Gonçalves
Starring
  • Lucas Estevan Soares
  • Ana de Ferro
  • Paulo Matos
  • Wawa Black
  • Wagner Jovanaci
CinematographyEduardo Ribeiro
Edited byLucas Estevan Soares
Music by
  • Lucas Estevan Soares
  • Gustavo Andriewiski
  • Jotta Valiente
Production
company
International House of Cinema (IHC)
Distributed byIHC Distribuição
Release dates
  • 23 April 2022 (2022-04-23) (Houston)
[1]
  • 21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) (Cannes)
[2]
  • 9 March 2023 (2023-03-09) (Brazil)
[3]
Running time
100 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$1.5 million[4]

Neon Heart (Portuguese: Coração de Neon, lit. '"Heart of Neon"') is a 2023 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Lucas Estevan Soares, and produced by Rhaissa Gonçalves. It stars Lucas Soares himself, Ana de Ferro and Wawa Black. In Neon Heart, Fernando (Soares) works with his father delivering romantic messages given as gifts to people all over town on board a telegram service car called Neon Heart.[1][3]

Neon Heart is the first Brazilian film produced with Dolby Atmos 9.1 technology, which puts the viewer in a "bubble" in which the sound can be emitted from any position, depending on what occurs in the film, allowing the listener to perceive the difference between sounds received from different directions.[5][6]

The film premiered at the 2022 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival[1] and was later released theatrically in Brazil on 9 March 2023.[7] It received critical praise in and outside Brazil, and was awarded throughout 2022 at the Moscow, WorldFest Houston and FestCine Pedra Azul[a] international film festivals.[9][5][10][11]

At the 75th Marché du Film,[2][12] an event held annually in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival, Neon Heart was cited as "great example of the new Brazilian popular cinema".[3][13]

  1. ^ a b c "55th WorldFest Houston" (PDF). Worldfest.org. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "LFF04: Les Films en Sélection" [Official Selection]. Le Film Français (in French). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Rosa, Natalie (8 March 2023). "Coração de Neon: Conheça filme brasileiro aclamado no mundo" [Neon Heart: Meet acclaimed Brazilian film in the world]. Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. ^ Vilela, Luíza (10 March 2023). "Elogiado em Cannes, Coração de Neon explora narrativa "cinzenta" com explosão de cores" [Praised in Cannes, Neon Heart explores "grey" narrative with explosion of colors]. Exame Pop (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b Stocchi, Dany (24 April 2022). "Neon Heart – Film wins Top Awards at WorldFest Houston". Thunder Wave. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ Vomero, Renata (13 April 2022). "Ainda sem data de estreia, "Coração de Neon" é o primeiro filme em Dolby Atmos do Brasil" ["Neon Heart is the first Brazilian film in Dolby Atmos, even without a premiere date]. Exibidor (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  7. ^ Figueira, Fábio; Pimentel, Guilherme (9 March 2023). "Mensagens de amor, tragédia e Curitiba: as misturas do filme "Coração de Neon", que entra em cartaz na cidade de SP" [Messages of love, tragedy and Curitiba: the mixtures of the movie "Neon Heart", which opens in the city of São Paulo.]. Portal G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  8. ^ Patrocínio, Joyce (8 August 2018). "1ª Fest Cine Pedra Azul reúne produções nacionais e internacionais no ES" [1st Fest Cine Pedra Azul brings together national and international productions in Espírito Santo]. Portal G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Neon Heart – Best Foreign Language Feature". Moscow International Film Festival. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  10. ^ Barulho Curitiba (25 April 2022). "Filme curitibano 'Coração de Neon' conquista premiação máxima no WorldFest Houston" [Movie from Curitiba 'Neon Heart' wins maximum award at WorldFest Houston.]. Bem Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  11. ^ Redação Multimídia ESHoje (10 August 2022). ""Coração de Neon" vence como melhor longa-metragem do FestCine Pedra Azul" ["Neon Heart" wins as best feature film of FestCine Pedra Azul.]. ES Hoje (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  12. ^ "LFF05: Les Films en Sélection" [Official Selection]. Le Film Français (in French). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  13. ^ Cunha, Marco Antônio (5 March 2023). ""Coração de Neon" prova que cinema se faz com talento – e não com dinheiro" ["Neon Heart" proves that cinema is made with talent – and not with money.]. Boomerang Music (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 23 April 2023.


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