title: Jonathas' Forest
text: # Jonathas' Forest
  
  Jonathas' Forest (Portuguese: A Floresta de Jonathas) is a 2012 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Sergio Andrade.
  
  The film premiered at the Festival do Rio, where participated in the competitive exhibition of Première Brazil.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Jonathas lives with his parents and his brother, Juliano, at a small farm in the rural areas of Amazonas. The brothers meet Milly, a visitor from Ukraine, and the indigenous Kedassere. The group decides to spend the weekend in a camping. Even against paternal wishes, seduced by Milly and through the woods, Jonathas takes on the most transformative of his journeys.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Begê Muniz as Jonathas
  * Francisco Mendes as Father
  * Viktoryia Vinyarska as Milly
  * Ítalo Castro as Juliano
  * Socorro Papoula as Mother
  * Alex Lima as Kedassere
  * João Tavares as Jonathas 2
  * David Almeida as Mateiro
  * Maria Maciel as Maria das Patas
  
  ## Production
  
  ### Development
  
  The director Sergio Andrade said that the great challenge of the film was to show the Amazon by a perspective beyond the stereotypes. "People who aren't from here look here thinking that is a place very exotic, very mystical, and I wanted to unravel what really is our forest," he said.
  
  ## Festivals
  
  * Festival do Rio
  * São Paulo International Film Festival
  * Amazonas Film Festival
  * International Film Festival Rotterdam
  * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  * Prague Febiofest
  * Curitiba International Film Festival
  * Taipei Film Festival
  * Maine International Film Festival
  