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Marte Um (Mars One) is directed by Gabriel Martins and it's the story about The Martins family who are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president.
An earthbound story with its eyes on the stars, Mars One finds universally resonant themes within one Brazilian family's specific struggles. Read Critics Reviews
21 sty 2022 · ‘Mars One’ Review: A Starry-Eyed, Soft-Hearted Brazilian Family Drama With More Bounce Than Bite A working-class Brazilian family pursue separate dreams of escaping the lives laid out for...
10 sty 2023 · ‘Mars One’ Review: A Tender and Tightly Wrought Film Foregrounds Working-Class Brazil. Gabriel Martins' 2022 Sundance feature, now streaming on Netflix, chronicles one Brazilian family's life...
29 sty 2022 · At its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival last week, director-writer Gabriel Martins’ family drama Mars One settled right into the festival’s indie sensibilities. A languid pace and sundrenched lighting belies the turmoil that besets the Martins, a family of four who live in Contagem, Brazil.
Mars One (Portuguese: Marte Um) is a 2022 Brazilian family drama film written and directed by Gabriel Martins. It tells the story of Deivinho (Cícero Lucas), a Black Brazilian youth who dreams of becoming an astrophysicist and joining a mission to the planet Mars.
Set in the wake of the election of Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, “Mars One” follows a single working-class family as they long for more, love each other, self-reflect, and struggle to make ends meet.
