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Toll
by Carolina Markowicz

Suellen, a toll booth attendant, realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally. But this is only for a so-called noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.

Original Title: Pedágio
Countries: Brazil, Portugal
Year: 2023
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: 5.1
Length: 101 min
Language: Portuguese
Festivals & Awards
2024
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara – Iberoamerican Fiction Feature film, Maguey Award – Best Iberoamerican Film, Maguey Award for Best Film, Best Actress
  • Black Movie Film Festival – Prix de la Critique – Special Mention
  • Ostend Film Festival – SOON!-Competition – Best Film
  • Punta del Este International Film Festival – Iberoamerican Fiction Competition – Best Film
  • Luxembourg City Film Festival – Official Competition – Special Mention
2023
  • Toronto International Film Festival – Centrepiece
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival – Horizontes Latinos
  • Vancouver International Film Festival – Panorama
  • Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival – Première Brasil: Feature Film Competition Fiction – Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction
  • São Paulo International Film Festival – Brazil Showcase
  • International Film Festival of India, Goa – Cinema of the World
  • Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux – International Feature Film Competition – Special Mention
  • Rome Film Fest – Progressive Cinema – Best Film
  • Stockholm International Film Festival – Stockholm Competition – Best Actress, Best Actor
  • Leeds International Film Festival – Feature Film Competition – Best Film
About Director
Carolina Markowicz

Carolina is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo - Brazil. She has written and directed two features films and six short films selected to around 400 festivals such as Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, SXSW and San Sebastián and has won over 100 awards.

FILMOGRAPHY
  • Toll – 2023
  • Charcoal – 2022
  • Spit – 2019 – Short film
  • The Orphan – 2018 – Short film
  • Long Distance Relationship – 2017 – Short film
  • Postponed – 2016 – Short film
  • Tatuapé Mahal Tower – 2014 – Short film
Cast & Crew
Cast

Maeve Jinkings
Kauan Alvarenga
Thomás Aquino
Aline Marta Maia
Isac Graça

Crew

Screenwriter: Carolina Markowicz
DOP: Luis Armando Arteaga
Editors: Lautaro Colace; Ricardo Saraiva
Costume Design: Marcia Nascimento
Sound: André Bellentani; Filipe Derado
Production: Biônica Filmes
Coproduction: O Som e a Fúria
World Sales: Luxbox

“A compelling, impressive and well-paced mixture of social realism and social satire.”
“A darkly humorous satire with invigorating twists.”
“A thrilling watch, compelling and impressive.”
ICS
“This film serves to confirm Markowicz as one of Brazil’s most impressive rising talents.”